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2ww help

Ok S and I are both having a hard time this 2ww!!! She can't POAS until Dec. 3rd. I'm going bonkers!!!!! We had 4 good follicles and triggered. Had 30 million with 90% motility! iui over all was easier than usual. S has a difficult cervix as the doc says, but this time was much faster and he didn't seem to have to dig around as much as normal. Hoping that 7 is the lucky number!!!

Sooooo question is....how do you all keep it together during your 2ww. Hoping next weekend helps...but gotta get there!!!! Also...any thought on 4 follicles and the sperm sample?

Feeling so lost in all this now. Having a feeling we might get twins EVENTUALLY and if so a boy/girl combo. I've been pintrest crazy with baby nursery ideas!


10 medicated IUI's (3 with injectables). 
IUI #1 (medicated) Jan. 2013-BFP!!!!- Beta's didn't double, MTX shot for possible ectopic.
8 IUI's between April 13-April 14 = BFN 
IUI #10 and final before IVF, injectables May 2014- BFP!!!!  TWINS!!!!

7 week ultrasound showed 2 wonderful heartbeats!
8 weeks to the ER with vaginal bleeding while on vacations!  Diagnosed SubChorionic Hemorrhage.  Babies are both great.
9 week ultrasound showed both babies are still great.

Re: 2ww help

  • Ugh..hate the 2ww. We tried to stay as busy as possible,dates and visiting with friends helped. Also, with it being this time of year there should be lots of holiday distractions for you two luckily! Bake cookies, buy gifts, decorate, and pintrest is always fun haha

    Best of luck,keeping my fingers crossed for a BFP for ya!
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  • I think this is different for everyone. Be nice to each other and STAY busy! We try and stay out of the house and will spend a lot of time at target or the bookstore or running around! I am hoping 7 is lucky for you!

    Queer coupled and having a BABY with the love of my life! Love my life and wouldn't have it any other way!
    First IUI 1/22/2013 BFN: 2/7/2013, Second IUI 2/21/2013 BFN: 3/9/2013, Third IUI 4/23/2013 BFN: 5/8/2013, Fourth IUI 5/24/2013 BFN: 6/7/2013, Fifth IUI 6/24/2013 BFN: 7/8/2013

    C began IUI's
    7/23/2013 C's first IUI BFN, 8/21/2013 C's second IUI BFN , Took a break in September and October, 11/05/2013 C's 3rd IUI (TWW...we meet again...) BFN, Took off the month to switch to an RE. 01/01/2014 C's 4th IUI...BFP!!!!!!!! Beta #1- 17, Beta #2- 34, Beta #3-140....  6W Ultra-Sound Reveals nothing in Gestation Sack... Natural M/C at 7W, 2/3/2014

    03/21/2014 IUI #10...BFP!!! Beta #1- 48, Beta #2- 416, Beta #3- 1018. GROW BABY GROW!!!

    1st Ultrasound 4/22/2014 Baby Squints is PERFECT! Measuring at 6w2d with a heartbeat of 129. EDD: 12/12/14.

    Ultrasound at 18 weeks on 7/14/2014. Baby is healthy and growing just as she should!

     

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  • I am currently in my TWW and it is killing me. It is over in just 4 days (but I have started POAS...I can't help it). It is an all-natural cycle so there is no clomid to throw the results. About a week ago I was SURE that it worked this time.  Now, I do not know. Unfortunately I have been extremely stressed this time.

    We have gone on walks with the dogs, cleaned the house (a lot), dug up a flower bed and redecorated, etc.  Also unfortunate is that M is out of town for four days right now so my distractions are limited to facebook, the bump, dvr'd shows, and any other housework I can think of.

    Good luck!

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  • I feel ya shelly2314! I feel like I live on thebump stalking people!!!!


    10 medicated IUI's (3 with injectables). 
    IUI #1 (medicated) Jan. 2013-BFP!!!!- Beta's didn't double, MTX shot for possible ectopic.
    8 IUI's between April 13-April 14 = BFN 
    IUI #10 and final before IVF, injectables May 2014- BFP!!!!  TWINS!!!!

    7 week ultrasound showed 2 wonderful heartbeats!
    8 weeks to the ER with vaginal bleeding while on vacations!  Diagnosed SubChorionic Hemorrhage.  Babies are both great.
    9 week ultrasound showed both babies are still great.
  • LOL @AandStiltrying...I so know and live this!

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  • My wife probably thinks I'm cheating!!! I find thebump updates to be the topic of convo while couch surfing in the evenings. She is addicted to "the walking dead" series and has been hard core watching it on netflix and then......I bump. During breaks at work....I...bump. I might have an addiction! I feel like I already know so many of you even though I don't. It is such a great feeling of community and understanding! I'm a teacher and all these young newly wed teachers who are popping babies out left and right say its in the water. Maybe I should bottle it and take it to s! Come on babies!!!!!!!!!!


    10 medicated IUI's (3 with injectables). 
    IUI #1 (medicated) Jan. 2013-BFP!!!!- Beta's didn't double, MTX shot for possible ectopic.
    8 IUI's between April 13-April 14 = BFN 
    IUI #10 and final before IVF, injectables May 2014- BFP!!!!  TWINS!!!!

    7 week ultrasound showed 2 wonderful heartbeats!
    8 weeks to the ER with vaginal bleeding while on vacations!  Diagnosed SubChorionic Hemorrhage.  Babies are both great.
    9 week ultrasound showed both babies are still great.
  • Ugh I hated the TWW. But your stats sounds really good. Here's to a BFP for you in a the near future :-)  We tried to stay busy and calm as possible. I found that planning outrageous trips, or other big projects was a great distraction. Anything to keep me talking about something other than "did I feel pregnant yet".  I avoided baby stuff though except Bumping because it reminded me of how badly I wanted one of my own ;-)
  • My wife probably thinks I'm cheating!!! I find thebump updates to be the topic of convo while couch surfing in the evenings. She is addicted to "the walking dead" series and has been hard core watching it on netflix and then......I bump. During breaks at work....I...bump. I might have an addiction! I feel like I already know so many of you even though I don't. It is such a great feeling of community and understanding! I'm a teacher and all these young newly wed teachers who are popping babies out left and right say its in the water. Maybe I should bottle it and take it to s! Come on babies!!!!!!!!!!
    I am a teacher as well.  Except it isn't new teachers popping out the babies, it is the students. I love nothing more than seeing a preggo 15 year old running around like she has a new toy and stating "I just don't know how this happened"  =;

    My wife, too, is a huge WD fan. I am not. So I play fb games and Bump-Stalk like nobodies business. After pinning a million nursery ideas and searching name suggestions, I then babble to her about everyone online and she just rolls her eyes....lovingly, but rolls them nonetheless LOL :))

    I guess she figures there are worse things for me to "stalk."
    Hope all goes well for you!

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  • Shelly2314 lol...ok we are very much alike! Don't suppose you live in NC do you?!?!? I'm an elementary music teacher. Today is a teacher workday for me. I'm bored to death in a meeting....so I bump!!!


    10 medicated IUI's (3 with injectables). 
    IUI #1 (medicated) Jan. 2013-BFP!!!!- Beta's didn't double, MTX shot for possible ectopic.
    8 IUI's between April 13-April 14 = BFN 
    IUI #10 and final before IVF, injectables May 2014- BFP!!!!  TWINS!!!!

    7 week ultrasound showed 2 wonderful heartbeats!
    8 weeks to the ER with vaginal bleeding while on vacations!  Diagnosed SubChorionic Hemorrhage.  Babies are both great.
    9 week ultrasound showed both babies are still great.
  • LOL...No. I live in Florida. I work at a high school. I use to teacher English II but now I am (here goes my long list of titles and jobs I do) a Teacher on Assignment: Admnistrative Intern, Testing Coordinator, Activities Director, & Senior Mentor...lots to do, except for today I have a lot of free time, so I bump LOL

    If you are ever on and so am I, please feel free to bump away with me!

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  • The 2WW suuuuuuucks... Just take it one day at a time and know that you won't get any results until testing day, anyway, so try to relax and let what will be, be.  I'll be cycling with you soon!  I have my next IUI tomorrow :) Good luck!!!
  • Awhhh good luck! Fingers crossed for u. We JUST found out S company is switching insurance co and we are getting screwed!!!! Not cool. We loose the decent insurance in jan. Deduc. Going from $500 to $2000!!!! Noooottttt cool!


    10 medicated IUI's (3 with injectables). 
    IUI #1 (medicated) Jan. 2013-BFP!!!!- Beta's didn't double, MTX shot for possible ectopic.
    8 IUI's between April 13-April 14 = BFN 
    IUI #10 and final before IVF, injectables May 2014- BFP!!!!  TWINS!!!!

    7 week ultrasound showed 2 wonderful heartbeats!
    8 weeks to the ER with vaginal bleeding while on vacations!  Diagnosed SubChorionic Hemorrhage.  Babies are both great.
    9 week ultrasound showed both babies are still great.
  • Your numbers sound great!

    I'm coming to the end of my very first TWW (AF due on Tuesday) and I can say that it has been a pretty tortuous time. Analyzing every "symptom", POAS or resisting the urge to POAS, to finally losing hope that this cycle has worked since I have my classic pre-AF symptoms right now.

    Since I got through the first full week, this 2nd week has been much easier to distract myself with random things like projects at home, planning for Thanksgiving, and planning a strategy for our next cycle. Weirdly enough, I have found more peace during this TWW in planning for our next cycle than any of the other distractions.

    Church activities have also kept us pretty busy and engaged during this time. So I guess my advice would be to keep yourself busy during the first week, and the second week gets much easier, at least in my limited experience.

    Hopefully Thanksgiving week will provide a nice distraction for you guys!

    IUI #1 - November 2013 - BFN
    ICI #1 (home) - May 2014 - BFP!! Beta #1 - 5/30 - 164; Beta #2 - 6/6 - 4794!!!

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  • 1. Stay busy.
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    3. Don't over analyze every symptom- trust me


    TTC our first. Married to, and madly in love with, my beautiful wife. Living with our fur baby and enjoying 19 nieces and nephews. 
    • DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
    • First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
    • Second Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 09/11/13, 09/13/13, 09/15/13: BFN
    • Third Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm: 10/13/13, 10/15/13, 10/17/13, 10/21/13: BFN
    • January 2014: Sonohysterogram shows excellent lining & tubes have no blockages
    • Fourth Cycle:  Monitored clomid cycle  w/ ICI's at home: 1/24/14 and 1/25/14. Ovulation verified:  BFN
    • Fifth Cycle: 02/2014 Femara 5mg with ovidrel trigger CD14: BFN
    • Taking a few months off to evaluate if we want to keep trying


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  • @AandStilltrying and @Shelly2314 - I am constantly bumping!  I was before, but more so now that I'm off after my surgeries.  It is much easier to keep up when I don't have anything else pressing to do...like work :)

    We won't be trying again until January, but I'm already not looking forward to the TWW.  I'm generally ok until day 10.  Then I lose it because I know that is the earliest we could possibly know.  No matter how busy I kept myself, whether or not I was pregnant was still in the back of my mind at all times. 

    @AandStilltrying - I hope this cycle is your BFP!  It sounds like all the numbers are on your side!

    Me: 30  DW (aka C): 29

    Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12

    ***CP mentioned***

    We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm.  8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy.  We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET.  I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013. 

    11/14/14 -  Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good. 

    12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2

    12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)

    1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2

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  • @StacyLH24....I agree. I just hit day 10 yesterday and, stupidly, I could not resist the urge any longer.  Sigh. All I can do is shake my head at myself and then I said I should "punish" myself and not test tomorrow LOL

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  • @shelly2314 - After testing on day 10, I would promise myself I wouldn't test again...that didn't work :).  This past cycle I did only test two times.  I'm not sure what will happen when we try again.

    Here's to hoping this is also your BFP!

    Me: 30  DW (aka C): 29

    Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12

    ***CP mentioned***

    We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm.  8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy.  We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET.  I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013. 

    11/14/14 -  Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good. 

    12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2

    12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)

    1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2

     ****All Welcome!****

    We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.

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  • StacyLH24 Thanks! I will keep trying to stay positive

     


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