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something to help us smile..

claywalkerclaywalker member
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Remember the good old days when you had no idea what cervical mucus was; you didn?t chart your temperature first thing in the morning and you never had a full emotional breakdown if your husband was unavailable during your peak ovulation period. Infertility has made you weird. Remember the days when you used birth control pills so you wouldn?t get pregnant? When your older cousin announced her pregnancy and you didn?t burst into tear? When you would walk past a pregnant woman without glaring and feeling jealous of her baby bump? Your life has now changed. Oh, how it has changed. You now know your husband?s exact sperm count and the rate of his motility (But doctor, his count was 1 million during our last appointment and his motility has gone up 10%). You now use words like ?cervical mucus? and ?ovulation? as if they are common words (I think I saw cervical mucus last month so I guess I ovulated. Do you think I could be pregnant, co-worker who I don?t really know?). You now have fertility medication in your refrigerator, right next to the milk and last night?s leftover quiche  (LMAO love this one). You google all your fake pregnancy symptoms including (and not limited to): I have a cold. Am I pregnant? Strange twitches on left side. Am I pregnant? My right breast feels more swollen than my left. Am I pregnant already?

 

1. You sob every time someone posts a belly photo on Facebook.

2. A pregnancy announcement from your friend or a complete stranger can send you into an equal depression.

3. You have FertilityAuthority.com and whythehellamInotpregnant.com bookmarked on your computer.

4. You refuse to buy tampons/pads, just in case you might be pregnant this month (and your underwear suffers).

5. You stop drinking coffee and then drink as much as you can once your period arrives.

6. Seeing a drop in your basal temperature makes you inconsolably upset. You listen to Michael Bolton songs and it makes you think of your infertility journey.

6. You feel relieved to see another woman carry a tampon into the bathroom stall.

Infertility has made your weird. But it?s not your fault. Blame infertility.

 

copied from: https://www.999reasonstolaugh.com/2011/02/679-infertility-has-made-you-weird/ 

Married my best friend in 2009
TTC since April 2010
Jan 2012 - Started IF treatment 
Conceived our first angel during IF break, surprised with second (natural) BFP 2.5 months later. 
May 2014 - TAC surgery 

Trying to conceive our rainbow baby <3

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Re: something to help us smile..

  • Kippet918Kippet918
    Hit the nail right on the head with this one. And it def made me smile Smile
    TTC since 9/10 - Me: 29 DH: 33 10/10 - Found out am a carrier of CF, Husband is not! 11 months of trying on own - MC 9/11 - 6 Wks Labs: Normal DH SA: Normal 1st cycle Clomid - 4/12 - BFN 2nd cycle of Clomid (50mg) - 5/12 - Chemical Pregnancy 3rd cycle of Clomid (50mg)- 6/12 - BFN HSG: Clear 4th cycle of Clomid (50mg)- 7/12 - 1st IUI - BFN 5th cycle of Clomid (50mg)- 8/12 - 2nd IUI - BFN 1/13 1st cycle of injects. 150 follitism - cycle cancelled, over stimmed Trying to Conceive Ticker
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  • claywalkerclaywalker member
    imagekatyj25:

    My fertility meds are next to the condiments. Besides that and Michael Bolton, the rest is pretty spot on. Big Smile

     

    Haha, I'm not a Michael Bolton fan either :)

    Married my best friend in 2009
    TTC since April 2010
    Jan 2012 - Started IF treatment 
    Conceived our first angel during IF break, surprised with second (natural) BFP 2.5 months later. 
    May 2014 - TAC surgery 

    Trying to conceive our rainbow baby <3

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  • alb245alb245 member
    This made me smile today. I needed that! And Clay-your dog is really cute!
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    BFP #1: 8/4/11 c/p 4w5d
    BFP #2: 9/4/11 c/p 5w0d
    BFP #3: 1/16/12 c/p 4w0d
    BFP #4 8/9/12 m/c 7w3d
    BFP #5 11/2/12 ?EDD 7/16/13? PLEASE grow sweet baby!!
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  • asilwhiteasilwhite member

    imagealb245:
    This made me smile today. I needed that! And Clay-your dog is really cute!

    Same here, definitely made me smile - thanks for posting. Yes, your dog is super cute!! Yours are too alb! 

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  • KWin5412KWin5412
    Def made me smile cuz it's soooo true Stick out tongue
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  • claywalkerclaywalker member
    imageasilwhite:

    imagealb245:
    This made me smile today. I needed that! And Clay-your dog is really cute!

    Same here, definitely made me smile - thanks for posting. Yes, your dog is super cute!! Yours are too alb! 

     

    thank you both, yours are cute too! glad it could help you smile :)

    Married my best friend in 2009
    TTC since April 2010
    Jan 2012 - Started IF treatment 
    Conceived our first angel during IF break, surprised with second (natural) BFP 2.5 months later. 
    May 2014 - TAC surgery 

    Trying to conceive our rainbow baby <3

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  • claywalkerclaywalker member

    imageKippet918:
    Hit the nail right on the head with this one. And it def made me smile Smile

     :) 

    Married my best friend in 2009
    TTC since April 2010
    Jan 2012 - Started IF treatment 
    Conceived our first angel during IF break, surprised with second (natural) BFP 2.5 months later. 
    May 2014 - TAC surgery 

    Trying to conceive our rainbow baby <3

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  • daisy19782011daisy19782011 member
    definitley made me smile! the meds in the fridge next to leftovers is right on! :)

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    TTC #1 since 7/2011
    ME: 37  DH: 38
    SA-12/28/11-normal
    HSG-1/16/12-possible blocked left tube
    BFP#1---CP 7/9/12
    Hysteroscopy-8/9/12-blocked left tube for sure, proceeding with IUI#1
    IUI#1 (Gonal-F + trigger)=BFP#2 m/c @ 19w1d D&E 1/23/13
    IUI #2 (Gonal F + trigger)=BFP#3 EDD 1/6/14 TWINS!!!
    Identical girls born 11/17/13
    BFP#4 EDD 8/27/15 MMC at 7w6d

    BFP#5 m/c at 6w

    BFP#6 EDD 10/5/16  Going Strong!  It's a Girl!

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  • alb245alb245 member
    imageasilwhite:

    imagealb245:
    This made me smile today. I needed that! And Clay-your dog is really cute!

    Same here, definitely made me smile - thanks for posting. Yes, your dog is super cute!! Yours are too alb! 

    Thanks!  Yours too!  And Go Bears! (Sidebar says Birmingham, but we live in Chicago now).  

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    TTC #1 since Feb 2011 Dx: MTHFR C677T Homozygous, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, LPD
    BFP #1: 8/4/11 c/p 4w5d
    BFP #2: 9/4/11 c/p 5w0d
    BFP #3: 1/16/12 c/p 4w0d
    BFP #4 8/9/12 m/c 7w3d
    BFP #5 11/2/12 ?EDD 7/16/13? PLEASE grow sweet baby!!
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  • chelsmclchelsmcl member
    That's hilarious!  So true.  I always wait until the very last minute to buy tampons and never the jumbo boxes anymore :)
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  • asilwhiteasilwhite member
    imagealb245:
    imageasilwhite:

    imagealb245:
    This made me smile today. I needed that! And Clay-your dog is really cute!

    Same here, definitely made me smile - thanks for posting. Yes, your dog is super cute!! Yours are too alb! 

    Thanks!  Yours too!  And Go Bears! (Sidebar says Birmingham, but we live in Chicago now).  

    Thank you! I like seeing other Chicago/IL ladies on here. I live outside Chicago and I'm looking forward to the Bears crushing the Pack tonight...or I hope so!

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  • VegasGal1978VegasGal1978 member

    Great!  # 3 gives me two more websites to bookmark!  Now that I've taken care of that, fits to a T.

     

    Thanks for the giggle.  

    Can't figure out the signature thing, so here's the short, short version.....first daughter born on November 10, 2013. She was conceived through the magic of IVF after 2+ years of TTC.
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  • rrdiva1rrdiva1 member

    I love your pup in siggy and LOVE this post. I just about died when I got to 4,5, and especially 6. Except no Michael Bolton lol. I remember a few cycles ago I had to go to Walmart at 10:30 at night because I refused to buy anymore pads/tampons. My husband totally side-eyed me that night dragging him out lol.

    THanks for posting this. Big Smile

    Married BF 6/29/2002/
    TTC Since Aug 2011/
    ME:34 all clear/DH:41 DX Severe MFI/
    IVF w/ICSI OCT 2012 Stims started 10/8/ER 10/19/12/ET 10/24/Beta#1 11/2=BFN (beta was 1.2)

    IVF 2.0-Baseline 11/7/12 beta 0/All Clear
    Stim start 11/7/12//ER 11/19 11M//10F
    ET 2 embies 11/24//Beta#1 28 Beta #2 23 Beta#3 29
    stop meds Beta#4 37/C/P 5W5D EDD:8/12/13/IVF#3 in Jan

    Ivf 3-frozen 3 poor 3day/fet=bfn

    Ivf#4 New dr. New protocol=beta1 197 beta#2 677 beta#3 1557
     u/s 8/13 =TWINS 2 strong hb
    Due Date 4/4/14

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  • jgough625jgough625 member
    Thank-you for taking the time to post this!  On a day where everything that could go wrong went wrong, I needed this laugh!  

    TTC 8/1/11 Met with RE: 9/7/12; starting with BW on next CD3 and HSG between CD7-11. Husband has SA 9/21/12; meth with RE 10/11-diagnosed with Male fertility issues 1% chance of getting pregnant naturally, only IVF.  Insurance doesn't cover IVF, took a break from trying until we could save the money.
    June 19-Begin injections for IVF Round 1- only 1 egg dropped, fertilized but did not attach
    August 8-Begin IVF round 2, more aggressive, 10 egges, all 10 fertilized, implanted 1, froze 4
    September 14-got the call that we are expecting!!!

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  • cdale86cdale86 member
    Spot on (except Michael Bolton)!  Definitely made me smile.  I feel like I totally glare at baby bellies and then immediately want to cry.  When my period started last cycle, I literally tore the house apart and went through every single purse/bag/random drawer to find one of those hidden tampons.
    2 year TTC journey with successful IVF in Nov 2012- B/G Twins!
    Baby Boy diagnosed with omphalocele and diaphragmatic hernia
    Born at 32 weeks due to PROM.  Emergency c-section due to prolapsed cord.
    Said Goodbye to our sweet Bennett after 5 short hours.  
    Spent 35 days in the NICU with our little girl.

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  • loveblacklabloveblacklab member
    Haha that was great-so true about the coffee (and I totally do that with alcohol too!)
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    DH and I: Both 31
    HSG, bloodwork, SA-possible blockage in right tube Continue TI July 2012 August 2012: Clomid 50mg + TI=bfn, switched RE September 2012: Redo HSG-blockage in right tube confirmed November 2012: Clomid 25mg, Bravelle + Trigger + IUI= ectopic pregnancy December 2012: emergency laparoscopy and D&C, removed right tube 2 more IUI's-one bfn, one CP IVF #1=CP FET#1=BFN IVF#2-converted to FET due to PGS testing and high progesterone levels. Only one good embryo from PGS-didn't survive thaw. transferred 2 embryos from IVF #1=BFP! 2 yolks sacs seen at 5w4d sonogram!
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