Benched Check-In

.Mrs.Matt. · July 2014

Good morning, ladies! I'm taking over for a couple of weeks, looking for someone who may want to carry this forward after the first week of August.

~ Welcome to "The Bench" ~

A place for those of us who have to delay IF treatments, for whatever reason! If you've been responding to this check in already, just let us know how you are doing!

Newly Benched? Welcome! Here's some questions for you below

1. What brings you over to the bench?

2. How long will you be staying with us?

3. How do you feel about being benched?

QOTW: Do you let the news headlines get to you? In the wake of everything international that seems to be exploding recently, I'm curious to know if others keep up on the news and/or let it bother them.

.Mrs.Matt. · July 2014

I just got home last night from a work conference in another state - a crazy week of learning, socializing, and lots and lots of drinking.... My coworker and I had to quickly grab our bags from the car and rush inside, nothing like a manhunt in your neighborhood to make you move a little faster!!

On top of the murderer who lived down the street, the international headlines are making me dizzy. I lived in a vacuum for a week, and didn't keep up on anything. DH didn't realize and just started talking about the plane that went down right as we were going to bed, right after finishing telling me that he'll be flying internationally for work in a few months... not very smart of him! I tend to let international news get to me quite a bit, but I prefer to be aware of what's happening/potentially happening. Pretty scary!

In regards to being benched, I'm sort of thankful I could drink caffeine and alcohol to my hearts content this last week... but I'm more than ready to get back in to the swing of things in a couple of weeks!!

Tiko99 · July 2014

I'm newly benched and would like to join!

1. What brings you over to the bench?

I was put on progesterone after my IUI last cycle which delayed my period, as it its job. My cycle is usually 24-26 days so the progesterone delayed my period until day 31....so I thought. It turned out that my body started a new cycle somewhere between CD24-26, even though I didn't get my period until CD31. When I went in for my baseline ultrasound on what I thought was CD4 I already had 3 17mm follicles! My RE checked my estrogen to make sure they were not cysts, and it turned out my estrogen was already at 200 so they were growing. My RE told me to do a natural cycle and call him when my "real" period shows up (gee thanks RE for the support in possibly getting preggers this cycle naturally).

2. How long will you be staying with us?

On top of all the IF treatments I just bought a house and will be moving in the end of August, so I may take a break next cycle as well to deal with moving, so possibly two cycles benched.

3. How do you feel about being benched?

I'm really annoyed. If I have 3 17mm follicles, why couldn't they continue to observe me and give me a trigger shot? On the more positive side I have to say I am thrilled to be saving all that money this month, but I did go out and buy the super expensive OPK tests since I'm saving money along with a huge bottle of Pre-seed just in case!

QOTW: Do you let the news headlines get to you? In the wake of everything international that seems to be exploding recently, I'm curious to know if others keep up on the news and/or let it bother them.

I'm a pretty pessimistic person, so the news just makes me depressed so I tend to stay away from news articles regarding politics, especially environmental disasters and issues (hello climate change). I'm an environmental scientist so I have very strong opinions on the environment and what we should all be doing to help improve the state of the environment not only for humans but also for all the other species that have are forced to share the planet with us, so reading anything about how people or countries are doing x, y and z to make the environmental state of the planet worse than it already is gets me really frustrated and pissed off.

BunnyBerry · July 2014

1. Benched to let DH's HCG shots take effect, and taking the opportunity for an exploratory lap, hysteroscopy, and cervical dilation to reverse my stenosis and hopefully get an IUI catheter in my ute one of these days.

2. The surgery is 8/4, but no idea on when I'll get off BCPs and start the next cycle. Very nervous about scheduling cycle after cycle while teaching full time in the fall.

3. I feel kind of numb about being benched. The fact that cervical dilation and possibly removing endo could have a big effect on my unbearably painful periods is putting a real silver lining into all of this. Plus there's something to be said for not shelling out tons of $ for a couple months. But I was hoping we'd move to IVF if needed by the end of this year, and now it looks like we could be looking at next spring or summer instead. So, it's kind of crushing what hopes I had for while.

QOTW: I care a lot about the news, but I don't think it upsets me personally. While DH is now sure that my brother's plane will be shot down when he flies home from study abroad next week, I'm certain these events on the news do not have a direct impact on our lives. Isolated incidents don't freak me out, but I get waaay depressed and emotionally involved about ongoing injustices in the world, which is why I had to switch majors/careers from international relations to teaching - not in public school!

aves0708 · July 2014

I'm just hanging out taking BCP's here. It feels really surreal to be taking them 18 months into this journey, but at least it's just once cycle then we can (hopefully) try another IUI cycle.

I live in a bubble, and no nothing about the real world. Basically the only reason I know about the plane going down is because my co workers were talking about it. Whenever I watch the news I get really annoyed or really angry. I feel like the media only ever knows or, chooses to share, half the story so people get all worked up and the info may not even be right.

@Tiko99 I also work in environmental/conservation field as an educator and have strong options about the environment. Watching the news and hearing ignorant comments from people in politics and business really fires me up. It's one of the reasons I didn't go into policy because I just felt like I wouldn't be able to turn my anger and frustration off.

lilmamapanther · July 2014

Benched...just had my RE appointment on Thursday. Benched until my next cycle. I have a bunch of blood work in two weeks, then the RE will tell me the next steps

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