TTCAL Checkin

shandorfml2 · January 2014

Welcome to TTCAL CheckIn!

I hope I can find you all well and positive this week! Please don't be shy in asking the PGAL/PAL ladies questions if you have them. Lots of baby dust on all of you!

Where are you in your TTCAL journey?

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing?

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

shandorfml2 · January 2014

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? 9 dpo

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?
nope
QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing?
My parents and close friends know. In the beginning they were nosey and would ask "are you trying?". My fam and close friends will know right away as I won't be able to contain myself. Work, I'll probably wait until 2nd tri.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Waiting to test..waiting to test...ugh. With ym daughter, I got a faint pos on 13dpo and pos on a digi at 14dpo. So, trying to wait until 12 or 13 to test but it's hard!!

bunnybun4 · January 2014

I am going to go ahead and join again this week (*deep breaths*)...AF is due today, as soon as she shows I am officially off the bench!

Where are you on your TTCAL journey? waiting on CD1

Do you have any relevant appts. upcoming?as soon as AF shows I am to call my RE and go in to discuss the results of my karyotype and to discuss protocol...at this point it is looking like I will be doing letrozole next cycle.

QOTW?no one knows any sort of dates for ttcal...our parents may have an idea because they know we are working with an RE but I don't like everyone knowing the timing of my cycles. My first pregnancy I told family immediately and slowly told close friends thruout first tri, and announced to the world at 13 weeks. 2nd pregnancy- we told family immediately 3rd preg.- we told no one until we lost the baby...this time we won't tell a soul until we see a heartbeat, then we will tell family. I may tell close friends and work at 13 weeks but I prob. won't disclose it to anyone else...they can figure it out on their own.

Open topic I am just getting antsy about getting this cycle started...i'm ready to know what is going on but my RE is all business and won't discuss it until my appt. I am just ready to know my game plan.

sunflwra · January 2014

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? 2nd cycle after loss- First official cycle TTC- CD7

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?
none at this time

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing? No one knows yet- I'm honestly not even 100% with my husband yet. We agreed we would hold off on making plans until the autopsy results were back to be sure there wasn't anything else to hold us up. Well, I should be Oing in about a week and a half and no results yet. I'm probably going to give it until next weekend. We might tell our parents that we are TTC but otherwise, keeping it pretty private. I think we will probably tell parents and close friends during first tri but probably won't make any public announcements until after our 20 week anatomy scan since that was when we lost our baby boy.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Just want the stupid autopsy results. I have a feeling that it will either confirm what our OB already thinks or tell us nothing at all and I don't want it to hold us up from taking the next step

sunflwra · January 2014

shandorfml2 said:

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? 9 dpo

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?
nope
QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing?
My parents and close friends know. In the beginning they were nosey and would ask "are you trying?". My fam and close friends will know right away as I won't be able to contain myself. Work, I'll probably wait until 2nd tri.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Waiting to test..waiting to test...ugh. With ym daughter, I got a faint pos on 13dpo and pos on a digi at 14dpo. So, trying to wait until 12 or 13 to test but it's hard!!

shandorfml2

sunflwra · January 2014

aragosta - I understand your fear. I feel like I was so naive and am now so jealous of the people that feel relief after they make it through 1st tri. I don't think I'll ever feel that relief until I bring home a healthy baby

Hugs

kz's_girlygirl · January 2014

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? Waiting, as it seems a few of us are

My meds are ordered and I talked with my RE yesterday so once Cd1 arrives, I will have a baseline appointment for b/w and ultrasound to make sure everything is looking good, and then we will be able to prepare for our next IVF! I'll go back around CD21 to make sure I have ovulated, then I'll start estrogen and lupron until AF arrives. A 2 month protocol is new to me, so FX!

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? I had my annual OB appt today to make sure everything looks good and my pap is all clear before we start IVF.

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing? Not IRL right now. Pregnant people is another story. My parents know we are planning another IVF because I have to stay with them during monitoring. It's a bummer, but the RE we work with is local to where we lived (and are currently trying to move back to!) before moving here, so it's an out of state trek.

I don't plan on telling anyone else we are doing a cycle, and WHEN it is positive (positive intentions right!?) I have no idea when we will announce. We told my parents and sisters right away with Jesse because they knew we did an IVF. We told immediate family and very close friends at 16 weeks. There is no safe zone, so part of me wants to tell right away once we see a HB, and part of me doesn't want to tell anyone until we have a healthy baby that we can see and hear and touch. We will probably just let people find out as they see me and it's obvious.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? DH leaving- he put in his 2 weeks today, and starts his new job on the 17th. It's in the city we are trying to move to, so he will be staying there with his brother until we sell our house and buy a new one. T hat means I will be a bachelorette for an unknown amount of time, bc I have to stay here to take care of the animals and house. I'm not looking forward to living in separate states

(Or scooping the litter box every day.)

shandorfml2 · January 2014

aragosta said:

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? 8/9 dpo Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Nope QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing? If people ask, I tell them. I don't really broadcast it though. Very few people ask as well. As for waiting? Idk I'm bad at secrets and no amount of secret keeping would have saved Lucas so probably 8 weeks when we see the heartbeat for family then 12 weeks for work. Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Question for those PGAL - how do you deal if you will never pass your loss milestone? This next baby will be born at 37 weeks most likely and that's when Lucas died too so I have no symbolic date to pass to help me feel better. Just something on my mind. Hope that makes sense.

I'm in the same position. Ana was born at 36 weeks, 5 days. I will be induced at 37 weeks this time. So there is no magic date to pass where I will relax. We'll just have to lean on friends, family, the bump. I think there are some books out there to that I will get once pregnant. I also find I worry about miscarriage, placental abruptions, cord accidents..all things that I haven't experienced but am now much more aware.

shandorfml2 · January 2014

sunflwra said:

shandorfml2 said:

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? 9 dpo

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?
nope
QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing?
My parents and close friends know. In the beginning they were nosey and would ask "are you trying?". My fam and close friends will know right away as I won't be able to contain myself. Work, I'll probably wait until 2nd tri.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Waiting to test..waiting to test...ugh. With ym daughter, I got a faint pos on 13dpo and pos on a digi at 14dpo. So, trying to wait until 12 or 13 to test but it's hard!!

shandorfml2

Thanks hun.

I'm going to try and avoid the pee sticks tomorrow, and wait until atleast 11dpo!

shandorfml2 · January 2014

kz's_girlygirl said:

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? Waiting, as it seems a few of us are My meds are ordered and I talked with my RE yesterday so once Cd1 arrives, I will have a baseline appointment for b/w and ultrasound to make sure everything is looking good, and then we will be able to prepare for our next IVF! I'll go back around CD21 to make sure I have ovulated, then I'll start estrogen and lupron until AF arrives. A 2 month protocol is new to me, so FX!

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? I had my annual OB appt today to make sure everything looks good and my pap is all clear before we start IVF.

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing? Not IRL right now. Pregnant people is another story. My parents know we are planning another IVF because I have to stay with them during monitoring. It's a bummer, but the RE we work with is local to where we lived (and are currently trying to move back to!) before moving here, so it's an out of state trek.

I don't plan on telling anyone else we are doing a cycle, and WHEN it is positive (positive intentions right!?) I have no idea when we will announce. We told my parents and sisters right away with Jesse because they knew we did an IVF. We told immediate family and very close friends at 16 weeks. There is no safe zone, so part of me wants to tell right away once we see a HB, and part of me doesn't want to tell anyone until we have a healthy baby that we can see and hear and touch. We will probably just let people find out as they see me and it's obvious.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? DH leaving- he put in his 2 weeks today, and starts his new job on the 17th. It's in the city we are trying to move to, so he will be staying there with his brother until we sell our house and buy a new one. T hat means I will be a bachelorette for an unknown amount of time, bc I have to stay here to take care of the animals and house. I'm not looking forward to living in separate states (Or scooping the litter box every day.)

Glad there is a plan in TTC world. Sticks about the H moving, but looks like eventually you'll both be living where you want to be.

bunnybun4 · January 2014

@kz's_girlygirl good luck selling the house and getting to move back home!

shandorfml2 · January 2014

marylaurena said:

I am going to go ahead and join again this week (*deep breaths*)...AF is due today, as soon as she shows I am officially off the bench!
Where are you on your TTCAL journey? waiting on CD1
Do you have any relevant appts. upcoming?as soon as AF shows I am to call my RE and go in to discuss the results of my karyotype and to discuss protocol...at this point it is looking like I will be doing letrozole next cycle.
QOTW?no one knows any sort of dates for ttcal...our parents may have an idea because they know we are working with an RE but I don't like everyone knowing the timing of my cycles. My first pregnancy I told family immediately and slowly told close friends thruout first tri, and announced to the world at 13 weeks. 2nd pregnancy- we told family immediately 3rd preg.- we told no one until we lost the baby...this time we won't tell a soul until we see a heartbeat, then we will tell family. I may tell close friends and work at 13 weeks but I prob. won't disclose it to anyone else...they can figure it out on their own.
Open topic I am just getting antsy about getting this cycle started...i'm ready to know what is going on but my RE is all business and won't discuss it until my appt. I am just ready to know my game plan.

What is letrozole? Haven't heard of that one. I'm glad it seems like you and RE have a plan

kaydee_2008 · February 2014

Guess I'll jump back in with you ladies after my bump break.
Where are you in your TTCAL journey? Cycle day 2 boo

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Next Friday I have my yearly appointment and we are going to do blood work to check out my crazy hormones.

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing?
People know we are TTC, but as of right now we are not planning to say anything if/when I get pregnant until we know the baby doesn't have trisomy 13 again.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I'm feeling really bummed that last cycle was a bust. I was so hopeful. It took years to have Annaleigh I'm just terrified that I won't get pregnant again. I can't even imagine myself having another baby, I just can't see it.

jess123456 · February 2014

Where are you in your TTCAL journey?

AF should be here this coming week and then we are doing our first medicated cycle of Clomid from days 3 to 7 followed by a trigger shot and timed intercourse. The trigger shot is now in the fridge so it's making it real. I am so nervous as this will be our sixth pregnancy with no living kids yet but I am trying not to think about it as it's too much pressure. If this doesn't work we are moving forward with IVF and PGD due to our chromosomal loss history.

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?

Ultrasound once I get AF and then ultrasound after Clomid days.

Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing?

No one knows. A couple people know we are considering fertility meds but no one knows our timeline. Given our history we won't tell anyone until VERY late on. It's sad but it's just too hard to un-tell all the time.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

Emotionally preparing myself for another cycle if that's even possible. A bit nervous about the side effects of Clomid and the trigger shot but I know it will be OK.

VyD81 · February 2014

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? I'm still on probation until my hormones are back to normal since the cancelation of the IUI.

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Going in for blood work next week. My insurance ended so waiting for DH insurance to kick in on February 1st.

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing? Just the ladies on this board. No one else knows and I don't want to tell anyone that I'm trying again. I honestly don't know if I want to tell anyone when we get pregnant, my family is not close by so they won't see me. We'll just let people to figure it out on their own

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Nervous about TTC again and also anxious. Just a bunch of mixed feelings, and I think it's the hormones talking.

stefuge · February 2014

I just wanted to drop in and say how it makes me smile to see so many ladies on this check-in! I feel like a few weeks ago there were very few TTCAL ladies. I am so excited for you all and thinking so many happy thoughts and have everything crossed for you all!

shandorfml2 · February 2014

I agree, so happy to see so many ladies here and I wish everyone best of luck. Lets go catch those rainbows!!

kflynn81 · February 2014

Can I kinda sorta jump in on this check in?? We're still in the pre-planning TTC mode but we're slowly moving in that direction.
Where are you in your TTCAL journey? Right now, just in a holding pattern. We're giving ourselves a little more time to fully recover from our loss, both emotionally and physically but we've started talking about TTC again more frequently.

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? I just had my 6 week check up yesterday and my OB said I'm pretty much recovered. I'm finally off my bp meds and able to maintain a normal reading without it, yay! I scheduled an appt. with an MFM for later this month, but yesterday my OB said she has two she works with and would prefer me to use them so I'll be cancelling that appt. One of her preferred MFMs though is the one I saw for my 2nd opinion with Jack that admitted me...meaning I'd have to deliver in the same hospital as Jack was born. Not sure about that one.

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing? They know DH and I are furiously stubborn about having a child so I'm sure they assume we will, but we're not telling anyone anything. I supposed we'll wait and see this time. Before Jack I swore I wouldnt tell anyone until I was showing and had to....but ended up spilling the beans to close friends and family as soon as the peestick dried. I'd say I'll wait until after our anatomy scan this time but we'll see.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Actually not a whole lot.... surprisingly

GymSpaz26 · February 2014

We are also in the "pre-planning TTC mode" but have been thinking and talking a lot about it lately.

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? Right now I'm still working on healing emotionally and physically. This week was three months, but I was 41+ weeks had a C-Section. I'm still sore from time to time.

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Just my annual exam coming up in a couple months. We'll probably talk more with the midwife then about when to start TTC again.

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing? We probably won't tell anyone when we are TTC, we didn't last time. Last time we told my parents at 7 weeks because we needed my mom's help deciding on a doctor (were only recently in town), but told the rest of the family at about 13 weeks (earlier than I wanted, but it was Easter and I couldn't really hide anymore anyway).

Next time, part of me wants to wait as long as possible to share. Out of fear. Even though my pregnancy was healthy last time, I was still scared all the way along. I can only imagine how scary it will be next time. But then I think how sad that would be, like not celebrating that little life. So I don't know.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I'm just frustrated over having had a C-Section (emergency) and what that means for TTC. I really would like to not have another C-Section if possible. We really would like to try for a VBAC next time, but that means waiting at least 9 months. And of course, who knows how long it will take to get pregnant after that anyway. The possibility of bringing home another baby seems so far away.

neptunebljc · February 2014

Where are you in your TTCAL journey?
This is month 3. I am only CD 12. Waiting for a temp spike.

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?
I go in to see my OB in March to redo all of my original blood work. To see if my pregnancy with Bean changed anything. Maybe shine some light on why I can't seem to stay pregnant.

QOTW: Do others know you are TTCAL? How far along will you wait before announcing?
EVERYONE seems to know we are TTCAL. I feel like if I just posted on cycle on FB, people wouldnt ask every week, if its time to test or not. Its hard when it seems like you are the only one in your group that has problems.
We will tell immediate family right away. The rest will come as we go along. I don't do the FB thing with pregnancies. Too many disappointments.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

I feel very emotional today. Im trying to cut down on my calories, so that is not helping.

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