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Re: TTT
1. A co-worker was fired last night (for performance issues) and for some silly reason, I was feeling very insecure at work. Nevermind I have been here for nearly 9y, I get great reviews, and my boss likes me...
2. Thankfully, I ran into my boss at the coffee bar and all is well.I feel much better.
3. L and I are in a better place thanks to a talk we had a couple of weeks ago.
4. I have Pei-Wei for lunch. WHOO HOO!
5. L has gone carb free for a week and lost 4.5lbs. She is so excited. I am excited for her since she is SOOOO much happier when she feels good about herself.
6. I wish I had the will power to do it. See #4.
7. I got so much accomplished yesterday on day off. Got everything but 1 errand done. It is amazing how much faster I move without kids.
8. Got the kids Lands End snow boots for $20 - cheaper than Target!
9. I am going to happy hour this week with co-workers. So excited to go out!
10. I am feeling guilty about not inviting my dad for Christmas. But it would be so stressful.....sigh.
1. JB's tooth gets pulled tomorrow.
2. I'm so sad about #1.
3. We haven't done Christmas cards yet and I'm not sure if we will this year.
4. I have no idea what to buy family.
5. I finally bought K something yesterday.
6. Still trying to figure out how to tell the family about this pregnancy.
7. Yesterday at school JB traced the first letter of her name and did an amazing mom. Total AW, proud mom moment.
8. All my decaf iced coffee is gone and I would like more.
9. We need to finish decorating for the holiday.
10. I had the maple doughnut today that I've been craving for awhile :-)
1) My friend L is coming for a visit from NE in February during the week of my birthday.
2) She is talking about just making it a permenant move...happy birthday to me!!!!
3) I will be tkaing a week vacation in the summer. If L moves here I will clearly not be going to NE...I need ideas people!!! What can I do for a week with a 2 year old?
4) I am thinking if L moves here that I might invite her on our summer vacation. I mean we would ride together and the cost of the hotel room would be the same so why not? The girls would have a blast together!
5) I am pretty sure I am going to hate my new team at work.
6) Ky amazes me everyday with new words and things she has learned.
7) I leave for a weekend in IN at noon on Friday!
8) K talked about us going to the zoo there and seeing the lights. Fun!
9) J's birthday party is on Sunday at the mouse place. Ky loves birthday and the mouse place so I suspect I will have a very happy 2.5 year old.
10) My sitter invited em to her one year old's birthdya on the 22nd. I think I would feel awkward going but I think Ky might enjoy it since the other girls from the daycare are coming. I jsut realized writing that that my sitter has no boys enrolled in her care right now except her own who is only there pt since he is in school...wierd.
2. I scheduled Owl's neurology appt for the same time as A and Iz's cheer recital, I need to reschedule it.
3. Our dog barked all night. He needs a muzzle.
4. Apple has another cold. She has been sick on and off since October and hasn't been able to get her 1 year shots, the joys of having germs circulate when you have so many kids...
5. I need to get my ornament in the mail!
6. It's crazy hair day at the girls school and A is wearing ornaments in her hair.
7. I haven't been exercising and have been eating like crap and have managed to keep my weight at 146, I'm attributing it to stress.
8. This is my favorite number in case you wanted to know.
9. Starbucks caramel brulee lattes are delicious, try one.
10. Thank you for all the birthday wishes yesterday!
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
Me too! Mine is sitting in my work bag wrapped and addressed...I am leaivng work early for a doctor appointment so hopefully I will be out in time to hit the post office before it closes!
Being new to the board, this is my first TTT and I'm educated-guessing about it. I think I include ten thoughts. Are there any other guidelines? Is each one supposed to be about anything in particular (like 6 is always about some part of your life?)
I'm going to just go with ten thoughts for now and then you can let me know if I'm missing anything.
1. Can't believe that in one week (or a little longer) we will be doing our first IUI.
2. I'm not looking forward to the day of clinic stuff on Thursday (Manada does cycle monitoring, I do a sono to see if I have uterine polyps, we both do HSGs) but I am looking forward to having more info about what they thought might be polyps on my transvaginal ultrasound
3. We have decided to call the transvaginal ultrasound the vagicwand.
4. I'm trying to be hopeful but not get my hopes up about Manada's AFC of 10 for this cycle (she was at 6 when they did her first). Her AMH is still really low, but 10 follicles seems like a gift!
5. I'm so glad this board exists.
6. I'm looking forward to hanging out with our two-year-old friend tonight. Life is always better when he's around.
7. I still have 56 final essays and final projects to grade for the university course I taught this term.
8. I probably should be grading essays rather than spending time on the board, but all I can thinking about is the various parts of our baby-making journey.
9. I wonder how weird it will be to be with our families (first Manada's then mine) during our first TWW.
10. When I joined the boards, I swore off acronyms other than IUI, but I clearly haven't kept to that.
We're queer. I'm 33, have severe stage 4 endo, and had both fallopian tubes removed. My love ("Manada" on the boards, 32) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tavin and Casey at 21 weeks gestation.
Our IUIs
with @Manada: IUI# 1-7 (December 2012- September 2013) all BFN. Tried natural, femara, clomid, puregon/follistim, clomid and menopur combo, both the ovidrel and HCG triggers.
Our IVFs:
IVF #1 my eggs November/December 2013: Cancelled IVF due to poor response
IVF #2 my eggs/Manada's uterus January/February 2014
BCPs and lupron overlap Stimmed: 1/22-2/2: Bravelle and Menopur (dosage ranged from B300 and M150 to B375 and M150 to B300 and M225)
2/4 retrieved 10 eggs. Endo was much worse than expected. Only 3 eggs fertilized; February 7 transferred two day 3 embryos, froze one. All great condition.
BFP eve of 6dp3dt; Beta 1 (11dp3dt): 110; Beta 2 (13dp3dt): 175; Beta 3 (15dp3dt): 348; Beta 4 (19dp3dt): 2222; Beta 5 (21dp3dt): 4255
1st ultrasound (3/6 6w 1d): TWINS!!!! Twin A measuring 6w1d with a heartbeat of 118bpm. Twin B measuring 6w0d with a heartbeat of 113bpm.
***July 18, 2014 we lost our beautiful babies at 21 weeks gestation. They were born too early. Tavin Sara T. and Casey Elizabeth T. are beautiful and precious and we will love them and miss them forever.***
FET #1 December 2014
1. I am so sad for ball.and.chain. I can't imagine. Well actually, being pregnant I can, which makes it even more difficult to hear. But I can't fathom the heartbreak.
2. Nothing else I would say about my pregnancy feels right to post right now.
3. I'm very grateful for our legal marriage on Sunday. It was a fun weekend and a lovely ceremony with just close friends.
4. I have very little motivation to work right now.
5. I need more postpartum clients financially but I'm also enjoying the downtime.
6. My house is so clean. I need to keep it this way.
7. #6 makes C happy which is the best motivation for the second part.
8. It looks like we're staying put over the holidays. Not what I expected, but it may be really nice.
9. I should go eat breakfast.
10. Food is both my love and nemesis.
Me three! I am trying to figure out how to wrap it properly for shipping!
This is also my first TTT
I'm following Healz's lead and the rest of you!
1. I am so tired of being knocked around by news from the fertility clinic that isn't explained well during the appointment, and then I have to rely on Dr. Internet (whose bedside manner SUCKS btw) to find out what it means, and possible implications.
2. I'm happy that tonight is our Student Appreciation Dinner at work, and it will be a happy time to celebrate our students.
3. I am so grateful for my partner-love's support, presence, love, and unwavering cheerleading as we work through all these roadblocks.
4. I am NOT looking forward to Thursday's slew of CM, Heal's Sono, and both of our HSGs.
5. I'm incredibly grateful to the wonder that is Ativan so that I can come to work today and function without my stress and anxiety taking over my life.
6. Even though it might be our only shot at inseminating with me, something irrational inside of me really believes that we will get pregnant on our first shot in December and it will be a healthy xx chromosomed baby (who possibly turns out to be the awesome tomboy I always wanted to be myself!)
7. I suspect the above thought is not only irrational, but also probably means that any girl-child we potentially have will want to wallow in pink, and makeup, and things that make no sense to me!
8. I am grateful for this board and this little community. We don't know too many local people who are also TTC and having community helps.
9. I am so grateful and thankful for my chosen and extended family, who have really stepped up to help and support my partner-love and I through all this.
10. Even though I realize I may not be able to conceive with my own eggs, I am also SO excited that my partner-love has TONS of eggs, and can't wait to meet babies that are as cute as she is!
(Wow - can you tell the fertility stuff is totally dominating my brain?)
queer couple - 32 (me) & 33 (my love) years old - donor sperm,
Our IF/TTC journey since Nov 2012.
Me: dx of DOR in Nov. 2012. Low AMH, AFC - 6, Normal FSH, SS-A (RO) Antibodies (Autoimmune issues), tubes clear, Sono (November 2013) NORMAL! <p>
7 IUI's - December 2012-September 2013. Medicated, Injected, Triggered.... all BFN.
My Love: (the amazing @Healz413)
Normal AMH & FSH, AFC ~27, blocked tube dx'd via HSG in 2012. Hydrosalpinx & ovarian cyst dx'd in May 2013.
dx of Stage IV Endo & bilateral salpinectomy in June 2013.
Partner IVF#1a- December 2013 - H's eggs, my Ute - CANCELLED due to low response
Partner IVF #1b - February 2014 - H's eggs, my Ute - ER February 4 (10 retrieved, 3 fertilized), Transfer Feb 7 of one Grade 1 and one Grade 2 day 3 embryos. 1 - Day 3, Grade 1 frosty saved. BFP - 6dp3dt via FRER, Beta #1 - 110, Beta #2 175, Beta #3 - 348, Beta #4 - 2222!, Beta #5 - 4255. Ultrasound (6w1d) - 2 heartbearts!
We lost our beautiful Twin baby girls on June 18, 2014. Tavin Sara and Casey Elizabeth were born at 21 weeks gestation and were absolutely beautiful, precious, amazing babies. We miss our daughters every day and love them with all our hearts.
I totally identify with #4! I was very much "encouraged" to be more girly as a child (being given lots of pink/glamourous things, barbies, etc).... I would ask for something in blue and get it in pink. I also loved cars and trucks and remember them being replaced with my little ponies at one point!
We're rooting to produce a little tomboy ourselves
As for #6 -- can I just say - watch out for the Baby Name board on The Bump - some of those women are mean! We were reading it just for fun one night and the judgement there could be scathing!
queer couple - 32 (me) & 33 (my love) years old - donor sperm,
Our IF/TTC journey since Nov 2012.
Me: dx of DOR in Nov. 2012. Low AMH, AFC - 6, Normal FSH, SS-A (RO) Antibodies (Autoimmune issues), tubes clear, Sono (November 2013) NORMAL! <p>
7 IUI's - December 2012-September 2013. Medicated, Injected, Triggered.... all BFN.
My Love: (the amazing @Healz413)
Normal AMH & FSH, AFC ~27, blocked tube dx'd via HSG in 2012. Hydrosalpinx & ovarian cyst dx'd in May 2013.
dx of Stage IV Endo & bilateral salpinectomy in June 2013.
Partner IVF#1a- December 2013 - H's eggs, my Ute - CANCELLED due to low response
Partner IVF #1b - February 2014 - H's eggs, my Ute - ER February 4 (10 retrieved, 3 fertilized), Transfer Feb 7 of one Grade 1 and one Grade 2 day 3 embryos. 1 - Day 3, Grade 1 frosty saved. BFP - 6dp3dt via FRER, Beta #1 - 110, Beta #2 175, Beta #3 - 348, Beta #4 - 2222!, Beta #5 - 4255. Ultrasound (6w1d) - 2 heartbearts!
We lost our beautiful Twin baby girls on June 18, 2014. Tavin Sara and Casey Elizabeth were born at 21 weeks gestation and were absolutely beautiful, precious, amazing babies. We miss our daughters every day and love them with all our hearts.
I felt the same way about having boys. I know NOTHING about sports (don't understand the rules of football, baseball, soccer...) and can't even catch a ball (I duck.) I don't understand bathroom humor, slap stick comedy, the obsession with Transformers/Pokemon/super heroes.....you get the idea.
But I think we all get the kids we are meant to have!
You'll be great!
1. My brain is spinning today and I didn't sleep last night.
2. Had our first bpp yesterday and it wasn't good news. Both babies responded well to the BPP but Baby B (Sam) is falling quickly in percentile while Baby A (Jake) is continuing to grow on pace with his other measurements.
3. We are now on weekly appointments and we were told if Sam continues to fall in percentile, we will be induced. Our doctor won't officially diagnose IUGR until he falls below the 10th percentile but we are close to that at the 24th. He started in the 80+% at 22 weeks. Now we are praying we can make it to 35+ weeks and Sam holds on in percentile for just 5 more weeks.
4. M and I have a dinner/movie date tonight at home!
5. M had an interview today with a staffing company. They were very impressed with her credentials but unfortunately at this time they don't have any high level positions. My question is why did they even call her in the first place if this was the case...
6. I am already fantasizing about dinner tonight! Chicken with fresh fried okra and mashed potatoes. Not at all healthy but oh so good and just what I need right now.
7. I too need to mail my ornament. I will not be able to do this until Thursday when M can take me on her lunch break as I am no longer driving. I will however ship it priority so it doesn't take too long to arrive.
8. I got new couches that recline and have been sleeping on it. I have a feeling this will be my permanent bed for a while.
9. My glider will be here today.
10. Just two and a half weeks until I have 12 days off. It seems so close but yet so far away. Then we are playing it by ear weekly until the boys arrive.
06/12 - BFP!!!!
Beta #1 15dpo - 256
Beta #2 18dpo - 1097
6wk U/S on 07/02 ~ TWINS!!!
EDD 02/21/13
09/10/12 Found out it's two Boys!!!! Sam and Jake
Jacob and Samuel born 1/29/13 at 36 weeks.
1. I am so sad for ball.and.chain.
2. And I am so happy for Joy and C on their legal marriage!
3. I'm typing this on my iPad with my cool keyboard case.
4. I have been off the boards almost completely at work, and I miss you guys.
5. I am working very hard on being more productive at work. My job is fairly fast paced and falling behind makes me very unhappy.
6. Me being unhappy is not good for my marriage, and working on things at work has made both me and C happier.
7. I have done no Christmas shopping. I bought one thing for C today, and I'm not sure it will even get here in time.
8. I also haven't mailed my ornament or Christmas cards. Ahhhhhhhh, so much to do!
9. C is making us tacos for dinner. These tacos are the best.
10. I'm sitting here staring at our little Christmas tree and it makes me happy.
AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish
IVF #1 - antagonist. Empty follicle syndrome. 1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
IVF #2 - antagonist. Ovulated early. 3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts
1. I wish that no one had to experience m/c. Hearing ball.and.chain news today was so very sad. It sucks.
2. I'm trying to keep my life simple and positive these days.
3. Last night my wife took me for a beach bonfire and we lay there watching falling stars. It had been too long since we had done that.
4. I have not done Christmas shopping, and I don't have desire to! I will have to make myself do it soon!
5. I did send my ornament! Yay!
6. Im totally going to use the term vagicwand. So awesome.
7. Femara hasn't been bad so far.
8. I'm knitting a hat foru father in law, and I keep having to start it over.
9. My god daughter sent me a flat Stanley that I have to take to the beach.
10. I have the best wife ever. She told me to write that and then come to bed!
TTC with RE since March 2012
3 missed O's, 6 IUIs = 1 BFP then 8 w M/C, 5 BFNs
(2 unmedicated IUIs, 2 clomid IUI, 2 femara IUI)
Shared maternity/partner IVF, transfer #1 BFP!
EDD 11/28/13
Mine is in like two layers of bubble wrap in a bubble mailer with fragile stamped all over it...
2. Yesterday I left my house before 7am, flew out to another town, did training for an office I deal with, then flew back to town and was home by 7pm. Long day, hence why I didn't do TTT yesterday.
3. My trip yesterday was with my manager's manager. She and I get along quite well but it's still stressful - I'm always worried about saying something stupid and she can be a little ..scattered sometimes so it can be hard.
4. Thankfully, it all went well and because of the long day she gave me a half day off to use when I want.
5. I had already booked today off and I'm thankful I did. I slept in a little, went to Starbucks and now I'm relaxing at home for a bit.
6. This afternoon I'm going to a knitting circle that two local doulas run every Wednesday afternoon for moms & moms-to-be. They invited me to come even though I'm not even quite a mom-to-be yet. I'm really looking forward to it, I like them a lot!
7. Also a little nervous - I'm a terrible knitter and the project I'm working on (and have been for like, a year) is a seriously ugly scarf my mother asked me to make for her lol.
8. For Christmas M bought me a ticket to a screening of the Ina May documentary in town in January. I'm really excited to go!
9. I really love my job, but I'm getting less & less happy with my company and position. That could be a whole vent post on its own but it boils down to - I want more money and better opportunity to move up.
10. Guilty pleasure - I have been listening to the Lady Antebellum & Glee Christmas albums on repeat for weeks now!