Weekly Check-In

ksgsmu · February 2014

Sorry this wasn't posted on Wednesday like it usually is-- this week has been crazy!

This check in is for anyone on the board. There is a new check in for ladies over 40 but you are welcome to post both places if you want. Please intro on the main board before checking in so we can "meet" you!

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names) and State you are from

2. How long have you been TTC? TTC#1 or TTC#2, 3 etc...?

3. Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist ( RE)? If so where are you at? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF?

4. Where are you in your cycle? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc) If in the 2ww when will you test? Experiencing any weird "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww?

5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)

QOTW:
What is your must have beauty product?

HopefulSoul2 · February 2014

Hopefulsoul2 - Florida

Actively TTC for 1.5 years

Not trying to prevent pregnancy for 6 years

IVF #2 - transferred 3 embryos on Monday. RE said they were "beautiful". An 8, 7 and 6 cell, Grades 1 and 2. Fingers crossed!

Currently in 2WW 3dp3dt with beta scheduled for 3/7

I'm a huge ball of anxiety! Bought hpt's this morning at Walgreens so I'll have them on hand when I can't hold out any longer and have to POAS. I was more relaxed during the 2WW of cycle #1. This time, I feel like I'm going to crawl out of my skin!

Good luck to everyone!!!

Lady2010 · February 2014

1. Lady2010 from Boston

2. Since Mar 2012

3. Yes - on IVF #2

4. Transferred 2 8AG day 3 embyos on Sunday. 6 blasts frozen on Tues (d5). Now in the 2WW.

5. I want to be cautiously and guardedly optimistic but I am really hopeful this time. And I am surprisingly calm and not anxious yet (talk to me this weekend or early next week!)

6. SPF - have to have it on my face year-round when I go outside. Even though I have darker skin, I am just paranoid I guess. Also - not sure if this qualifies as a beauty product - but Ahava Mineral body lotion - I have dry, sensitive skin and this is the only thing that doesn't irritate it.

FX to everyone!!!

KirstenAlecia · February 2014

Kirsten from sunny CA.

TTC since……gah who knows now! lol. Bout a year?? TTC #2 for me but DD is 17 years old and my hubby has no children.

Not seeking help yet. Hubby just got a lab slip from his Dr a couple days ago to have his swimmers tested.

Im at the end of the TWW. TOM should be here in 3 days. The only thing Im feeling that could be anything is a 3 day migraine. But honestly I get migraines. I always get a migraine the day before of the day Aunt Flo arrives. This headache is early and long lasting…..which is what happened to me with DD but that was a looooong time ago so honestly its likely to be just one of my headaches

Im thinking Aunt flow will be here in 3 days. Not too upset or anxious. I don't really get too many emotions about the process like I did when we first started TTC.

Good luck ladies!

QOTW…..oh my gosh I have no idea. Im a beauty product hoarder. Id say both mascara and pink tinted lipgloss. I can't live without either!

Samuelismomma · February 2014

1) Samuelismomma,Sally,Indiana...2)10 months...with 3 losses:(...3)first af since D&C on hold until April/may?..4)on af...5)being on hold now kinda sucks....6)hoping time until vacation goes by quickly;). ...I scrub my face with Vaseline and salt/ sugar cheap and works!

Davie813 · February 2014

1. Davie813, Chicago
2. Third cycle TTC #2
3. Not yet. Will make appointment if this cycle is not successful
4. CD 1--blech
5. Surprisingly optimistic. For the same nonsense reasons I was convinced that last cycle was going nowhere (even though we gave it the old college try and then some), I feel like this one will be luckier. Power of positive thinking, anyone?

QOTW. Noxzema! It's cheap, it doesn't dry out my skin, and the smell reminds me of my teenage years

ksgsmu · February 2014

Lady2010
Davie813

ksgsmu · February 2014

TTC#1... will be 23 months. My EDD for the baby I lost was last week. It was really rough.

We are waiting to do our DEIVF cycle. We had a delay pop up this week which is beyond frustrating. Everything pushed back a month which I know in the big picture isn't that long but it has been such a long hard road It feels like it is forever away. So now ER is mid-April and my FET is pushed back to May. Trying to stay positive!

I love a tinted moisturizer! (with spf) I switch brands all the time though - haven't found my favorite yet!

latershrader · February 2014

*EDIT* My husband's SA came back with the same results. OB is referring us to a urologist...but I really wish she would just send us on to the RE.

@ksgsmu: thanks for putting this up. I was actually wonder if you were doing ok because I hadn't noticed any posts from you. Sorry about your delay...so frustrating! Hope April comes fast for both of us!

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names) and State you are from

Soontobeshrader from Northern VA

2. How long have you been TTC? TTC#1 or TTC#2, 3 etc...?

TTC#1 for 15 months

3. Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist ( RE)? If so where are you at? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF?

Not yet. I did 2 cycles of clomid w/ the OB before I realized how bad it was to not be monitored while on it. I've done all the testing (my HSG last week was clear! We are still waiting on DH's 2nd SA to come back). In April my OB/GYN will finally give me the referral to the RE so it can be covered by insurance. Thank goodness!

4. Where are you in your cycle? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc) If in the 2ww when will you test? Experiencing any weird "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww?

Waiting to O...any day now.

5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)

I feel ok. I'd feel better if DH's 2nd SA comes back with better results. We are definitely BD our buns off this weekend!

QOTW:
What is your must have beauty product?

I don't know that it's a beauty product but I always have a tube of Aquaphor with me. It's the BEST lip balm!

Davie813 · February 2014

@ksgsmu, I'm sorry the past couple of weeks have been so rough, and sorry about the delay. So frustrating!

Samuelismomma · February 2014

@ksgsmu my first loss edd was Feb too...sorry everything is delayed...big hugs...

BeckyP005 · February 2014

@ksgsmu sending you some big hugs... @Lady2010 FX for you!!!!

1. Becky from Pittsburgh
2. Started with RE 4/11
3. DE IVF #1
4. Waiting for donor to get her act together lol. Transfer was in March but now April because she is going OOT. @ksgsmu don't they know we are waiting to get started!

5. not really thinking about it

QOTW: Need to have my lipgloss! I need to experiment with face products. Right now its that Loreal cream. I still see my wrinkles!!

t2mofok · March 2014

1. Tara / t2mofok from PA

2. TTC #1 for over a year

3. So far my husband has had two SA's (one not the greatest, the other fine) and recently I just had an HSG and that was fine.

4. 2WW

5. Hopeful but doubtful

Note: I am new around here but thought I would join in.

mexicanfish · March 2014

Mexicanfish from Ohio
Ttc #1 for 8 months
Waiting to O
Seeing an RE at the Northeastern fertility clinic of Ohio

We are currently on our third cycle of IUI with donor sperm
This time is our first cycle with clomid / progesterone

I am 36 and my husband who has azoospermia is 33. I also have low AMH. I hope this is the right forum for me, as I am new to this

kindershlitz · March 2014

Kindershlitz-MI 2. TTC #2 August '13 3-5. Will have HSG next month since had BFN this AM so waiting for AF in a day or two 6. Beauty product? Not sure- mascara I guess Edit for spacing

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LindsayF24 · March 2014

1. Lindsay from New York.

2. We have been TTC#2 since April 2013

3. We've been with an RE since November. All testing so far has been normal. DH's SA, my HSG, my AMH, FSH etc. Currently, we are on a treatment break initiated by me. I really did not want to take Clomid again this cycle. We are trying on our own this month, with the help of an ovulation kit. Today I got the "peak fertility" smiley face, so we are BDing and hoping it works.

4. Sorry, see above.

5. I don't know how to feel really. I'm starting to feel like we are never going to have a second.

ewenner · March 2014

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names) and State you are from

ewenner from Illinois

2. How long have you been TTC? TTC#1 or TTC#2, 3 etc...?

TTC #1 since roughly September.

3. Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist ( RE)? If so where are you at? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF?
Not yet.

4. Where are you in your cycle? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc) If in the 2ww when will you test? Experiencing any weird "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww?

2WW. Had some really serious cramping on the same day as my temp rise, not sure what that means, if anything, but it's not typical for me.

5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)

Hopeful - I feel like my cycles are finally starting to get more regular, and we managed to time BD two days in a row (which is very unusual for us!) right before my temp rise, so fingers crossed!

QOTW:
What is your must have beauty product? Chapstick for me. Nothing too fancy. :-)

graceanne927 · March 2014

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names) and State you are from Grace from SC

2. How long have you been TTC? TTC#1 or TTC#2, 3 etc...? TTC since Oct 13 (m/c in Jan)

3. Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist ( RE)? If so where are you at? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF?
No
4. Where are you in your cycle? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc) If in the 2ww when will you test? Experiencing any weird "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww? CD 8-waiting to O

5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc) Hopeful, anxious, all of the above...anxious abt not getting a BFP and also if we do how not to panic after the m/c. It's a tough place to be.

QOTW:
What is your must have beauty product? Mascara + lipgloss = gotta have both!

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