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TTC after 35
tlc35
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This check in is for anyone on this board to participate in and will occur every Wednesday. If you are new here and haven't made a separate intro on the main board please do so before checking in so we can "meet" you! It's easy to do just click the new discussion button in the top right and post away.
1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
3. What are you doing this cycle? Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist (RE)? If so, what stage are you in? Charting/temping? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF? DE?
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: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at?
Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
TTC>35 weekly check-in 8/20
tlc35
member
in TTC after 35
This check in is for anyone on this board to participate in and will occur every Wednesday. If you are new here and haven't made a separate intro on the main board please do so before checking in so we can "meet" you! It's easy to do just click the new discussion button in the top right and post away.
1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
3. What are you doing this cycle? Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist (RE)? If so, what stage are you in? Charting/temping? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF? DE?
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: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at?
Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
Me: 37
DH: 45
BFP #1 3/19/14 EDD 11/29/14 MMC D&C 4/24/14
BFP #2 12/4/14 Beta #1 218 at 12dpo Beta #2 1055 at 16dpo
Saw heartbeat 12/29. Please be a rainbow.
All welcome
DH: 45
BFP #1 3/19/14 EDD 11/29/14 MMC D&C 4/24/14
BFP #2 12/4/14 Beta #1 218 at 12dpo Beta #2 1055 at 16dpo
Saw heartbeat 12/29. Please be a rainbow.
All welcome
This discussion has been closed.
Re: TTC>35 weekly check-in 8/20
2. TTC#1 since Sept 2013.
3. I'm on a break this cycle. All the drugs and OPKs and anxiety were killing us, so we're NTNP for now.
4. I don't know what cycle day it is! Bizarre, but good.
5. I feel great - it's been so cleansing to not figure out what cycle day it is, have compulsory sex, take drugs that gave me headaches, force myself to wait to POAS...I was becoming an irritable, obsessive person.
QOTW: I like to keep the thermostat at 72. I can't sleep when I'm hot, I wake up in the middle of the night all sweaty and miserable. DH likes it at 76, and claims that anything lower means that he is too cold to function (of course, if he'd put some clothes on instead of hanging around in his boxers all the time, he wouldn't be cold!). So we're constantly battling over the thermostat.
tkc35 from Louisiana
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC#1 since March with 1 loss
3. What are you doing this cycle? Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist (RE)? If so, what stage are you in? Charting/temping? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF? DE?
Charting and temping
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. I am 7dpo, and no real phantom symptoms. But I had no symptoms on my BFP cycle.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
I am really trying to be realistic. Our timing wasn't very good because of my work trip (only -3 and -4) but I am in the crazy train part of the 2ww so I can't help but be hopeful.
QOTW: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at?
I like warm weather. I would hate living anywhere cold. I like the thermostat around 72-74 degrees
Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
Shout out and hugs to @CML11. I am so sorry for your BFN.
pregnancy mentioned
Venting brought to you courtesy of watching GMA this morning. They just showed Jill Duggar announcing that she is pregnant 8 weeks after her wedding. Really, seriously? She can't even be past 1st tri and she is putting it on the cover of people magazine. WTF?
DH: 45
BFP #1 3/19/14 EDD 11/29/14 MMC D&C 4/24/14
BFP #2 12/4/14 Beta #1 218 at 12dpo Beta #2 1055 at 16dpo
Saw heartbeat 12/29. Please be a rainbow.
All welcome
3. On our own, I chart temp, cp, cf
QOTW: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at? I love the hot sun, but by this time of year I'm sick of it! Too bad fall in Ga lasts for about 2 minutes... I'll be happy when our daily highs are in the high 70's not like now in the low/mid 90's so probably about October...
2. How long have you been TTC? well, we have never prevented since twins were born in 2009.
3. We are doing IUI
4. IUI was yesterday and we are now waiting!
5. anxious! Of course we want to be PG soon. But, we are hoping for just #3 and not #3 at the same time
QOTW: I love fall! I hate being hot & sticky.
Since January
Taking a break
I love fall. I love the leaves, the smells, the colors and halloween! I wish it could be fall all year round!
TTC #1 with IUI and donor sperm
First IUI May, 2014, Clomid + Trigger = BFN
Second IUI July, 2014, Clomid + Trigger = BFN
Third IUI Dec, 2014, Femara + Follistim + Trigger = BFN
Fourth IUI Feb 2015, Femara + Follistim + Trigger = C/P
@tlc35, it's possible--you never know! Also, Jill Duggar, really? It looks like she might be planning to follow in her parents' footsteps. I'm oddly disappointed.
@kelley72, maybe the lack of PMS is a good sign. FX for you!
@PGwithNo3, hope the IUI went well. Good luck!
Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
Davie813, Chicago
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC #2 since December...or January...don't really remember anymore...
3. What are you doing this cycle? Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist (RE)? If so, what stage are you in? Charting/temping? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF? DE?
IUI cancelled due to cysts from the last go-round, so I'm going natural, with charting and opks.
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?
I'm on CD 19, and still no sign of ovulation. However, I went in for u/s and bloodwork yesterday, and the cysts are gone. They say my estrogen level suggests that I will be ovulating soon, although they didn't see a dominant follicle, so I'm hanging in there.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Eh. We're still trying, but I just want to get on with it.
QOTW: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at?
Honestly, I detest the fall. I hate it when the first hint of cold creeps into the air, because it means (in Chicago, anyway) that you're just beginning a loooong stretch of misery. I also just associate it with all kinds of general back-to-school, back-to-work, playtime's over unpleasantness.
I'd probably set the thermostat to tropical--something in the 80 degree range. But DH would never, ever, ever let that happen. He considers 68 degrees to be an energy splurge.
Me: 41, DH: 45
DD, 6/15/2013
TTC #2 beginning January 2014
AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11
July 2014: IUI #1. Follistim + Pregnyl. 2 follicles--BFN
September 2014: IUI #2. Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone. 4(?) follicles--BFN
October 2014: IUI #3. More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone. 4 follicles--BFP! Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158. M/C 11/1/14
December 2014: IVF #1. Microdose Lupron protocol. 9R, 9M, 9F. 3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
August 2015: IVF #3. 14R, 13M, 11F. Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing. 3 normals. FET planned for 10/2015.
My Ovulation Chart
Jmaddiso, originally from Oregon, but home is in North Carolina now.
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
Had a loss in February, got the green light to try again in April. Sooo....5 months? Feels like 5 years. Ugh.
3. What are you doing this cycle? Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist (RE)? If so, what stage are you in? Charting/temping? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF? DE?
We decided last month to stop charting, temping, obsessing, etc. So at this point, we are just having fun and keeping hopeful. Or trying. I cried in the wine isle the other day.
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?
I had a very "phantom" symptoms a couple months ago. I was heartbroken when AF showed up a week later. I really felt like it was our month. This month, my period (which has ALWAYS been on time) was a few days late. So that was frustrating, but at least now i know and can stop wondering...and spending money on tests.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Well with AF in the house right now, i don't really have any feelings that are specific. Besides wanting cookies.
QOTW: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at?
My SO likes it cold. We just moved and have central a/c which is AWESOME, BUT, our bedroom is still warm in comparison to the living room. So in the living room i am always bundled up in a blanket, and in the bedroom we have a fan going. Neither of us can sleep if it's hot though. I love the warm weather, and really despise the cold weather. I enjoy fall and spring. A happy medium to the summer months here.
2. TTC #1 starting this month
3. Continuing to get to the gym in the mornings; started looking into a local yoga group. Charting/temping. Trying to get a sooner followup appt with OBGYN to see what the process is for treating PCOS and whether or not DH and I should be trying or waiting.
4. Still no AF; considering taking a POAS test just to be safe, but most likely just my irregular body giving me the finger.
5. Very excited - spend the weekend with cousin and his 5mo old. Def need to improve my back muscles for holding a bundle of joy for long periods of time.
QOTW: I prefer 75 with an intermittent breeze. Fall seems to go by so quickly up here, but for those two weeks the weather is terrific.
Rant: Really getting pissy about all the phone tag with my OBGYN. I'm glad if other moms with more urgent needs are getting the attention, but how do i know that's what it is? Considering switching to one of two other practices in the area that others recommended on a BOTB board.
2. TTC #2 13th cycle
2) TTC #1 since June 2012 with one loss
3) First IVF Cycle
4) CD8
5) I'm feeling sad today. I was super excited on Monday, but now my estrogen level has dropped from 198 to 108 and I don't have anymore follies (10)
QOTD: Also love Fall. My favorite season and favorite weather. Give me low 70s any day! Our thermostat is normally set to 70 in fall/winter. If you're cold in my house, grab a blanket!
TTC#1 since June 2012
Dx: Unexplained Infertility / AMA
BFP after 4th IUI cycle with Gonal F + Ovidrel on March 2014 | EDD 12/7/14 | MMC on 4/14/14
IUI#5 with Gonal F and Ovidrel trigger on 6/6 - BFN
On to IVF #1 with a new RE. Started Gonal F and Menopur on 8/15. Added Ganirelix on 8/24. Trigger on 8/26 for ER on 8/28. 8R 7M 3F. Transferred all 3 on 8/31. BFP on 9/11 | EDD 5/20/15 - Beta #1: 56.7. Beta #2: 97. Beta #3: 1148. Beta #4: 3559. Beta #4: 7678. MMC confirmed on 10/13. D&C on 10/14 at 9w. Confirmed male with Trisomy 14.
On to IVF #2 in March. CCS Testing on 2 embies. No go. Waiting to start IVF #3 in July. Surprise BFP on 6/14! EDD - 2/20/16 - Beta #1: 121.4. Beta #2: 236.4. Beta #3: 2014.
Me: 41, DH: 45
DD, 6/15/2013
TTC #2 beginning January 2014
AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11
July 2014: IUI #1. Follistim + Pregnyl. 2 follicles--BFN
September 2014: IUI #2. Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone. 4(?) follicles--BFN
October 2014: IUI #3. More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone. 4 follicles--BFP! Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158. M/C 11/1/14
December 2014: IVF #1. Microdose Lupron protocol. 9R, 9M, 9F. 3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
August 2015: IVF #3. 14R, 13M, 11F. Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing. 3 normals. FET planned for 10/2015.
My Ovulation Chart
Me: 41, DH: 45
DD, 6/15/2013
TTC #2 beginning January 2014
AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11
July 2014: IUI #1. Follistim + Pregnyl. 2 follicles--BFN
September 2014: IUI #2. Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone. 4(?) follicles--BFN
October 2014: IUI #3. More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone. 4 follicles--BFP! Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158. M/C 11/1/14
December 2014: IVF #1. Microdose Lupron protocol. 9R, 9M, 9F. 3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
August 2015: IVF #3. 14R, 13M, 11F. Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing. 3 normals. FET planned for 10/2015.
My Ovulation Chart
Lisa, TX
NTNP. Hoping I would be on CD 1 today but no such luck.
I go back and forth between certain AF will come and then worried that it will take my body longer to get regular again. Ughhh!
I love it warm so 78-80 summer and 68-72 winter. I love everything fall.
Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
TTCAL Siggy Challenge
Jenny from NC
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
First month TTC #2.
First month at it after IUD removal at the end of July, so I just guessed about best days to BD.
2WW. Experiencing LOTS of symptoms. Mild AF-like cramping, but AF isn't due until September 1 (I'm a 28 average cycler); tingling and stretching-like sensation in breasts, which are much fuller than normal; experiencing mild nausea; and more stuff, but I won't bore you anymore.
I'm very hopeful. The symptoms and just a generally feeling of "being off" really make me think that a BFP is in my future. Fingers crossed!
2. TTC#2 for about six cycles
3. Temping, OPKs, prenatals, acupuncture sometimes, decaf green tea before O, more water, reduced/zero caffeine, no alcohol
4. I'm at CD16 and 3DPO. I ovulated earlier than usual this month. I have been ovulating on CD18 since starting up my periods again.
5. I am hopeful this cycle. We hit O-3 and O. We would have hit more days, but we were dealing with DH's jet lag, his gym-related back pain (totally self inflicted [not that I'm harboring a grudge, haha]), and a pet health scare. It was a stressful FW as always.
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt
4. Waiting to O in two days (or so)!
5. It's my first try so I'm hopeful but without any expectations. I just hope we time the BD well. I'm a little anxious about the idea of becoming pregnant and getting horrible acne (I have a history of severe cystic acne that can only be controlled through meds, which are all off limits during pregnancy.)
QOTW: I love spring and fall, but also summer and winter if I'm on vacation.
Shout outs to everyone helping me figure out Wondfos last week!
I went off of Estrace, so I'm wondering if that had something to do with it. From what I've read, I think it affects the follicular growth. I go back in Friday for another check so I'll ask at that time...For IVF, you want the Estrogen, lining and follicles to all be in harmony.
TTC#1 since June 2012
Dx: Unexplained Infertility / AMA
BFP after 4th IUI cycle with Gonal F + Ovidrel on March 2014 | EDD 12/7/14 | MMC on 4/14/14
IUI#5 with Gonal F and Ovidrel trigger on 6/6 - BFN
On to IVF #1 with a new RE. Started Gonal F and Menopur on 8/15. Added Ganirelix on 8/24. Trigger on 8/26 for ER on 8/28. 8R 7M 3F. Transferred all 3 on 8/31. BFP on 9/11 | EDD 5/20/15 - Beta #1: 56.7. Beta #2: 97. Beta #3: 1148. Beta #4: 3559. Beta #4: 7678. MMC confirmed on 10/13. D&C on 10/14 at 9w. Confirmed male with Trisomy 14.
On to IVF #2 in March. CCS Testing on 2 embies. No go. Waiting to start IVF #3 in July. Surprise BFP on 6/14! EDD - 2/20/16 - Beta #1: 121.4. Beta #2: 236.4. Beta #3: 2014.
Me: 41, DH: 45
DD, 6/15/2013
TTC #2 beginning January 2014
AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11
July 2014: IUI #1. Follistim + Pregnyl. 2 follicles--BFN
September 2014: IUI #2. Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone. 4(?) follicles--BFN
October 2014: IUI #3. More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone. 4 follicles--BFP! Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158. M/C 11/1/14
December 2014: IVF #1. Microdose Lupron protocol. 9R, 9M, 9F. 3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
August 2015: IVF #3. 14R, 13M, 11F. Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing. 3 normals. FET planned for 10/2015.
My Ovulation Chart
ewenner from Illinois
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC#1 for about a year now
3. What are you doing this cycle? Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist (RE)? If so, what stage are you in? Charting/temping? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF? DE?
Charting/temping, we've had an RE consult, and we're considering moving on to IUI (but not quite yet) In the meantime, I just ordered my first box of wondfo OPKs. Oh boy!
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. No symptoms. Probably not going to test. AF usually shows up by 10 DPO, so no need to test.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Meh.
QOTW: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at?
2. TTC#2, in third cycle
3. Charting, temping, OPKs
4. Waiting to O
5. I'm being very diligent about charting/temping/OPKs/BDing this cycle and have a lot of hope and excitement. I'm trying to dial it down to spare myself the stress and potential disappointment but it's hard.
QOTW: I'm enjoying the summer sun! But by the end of the season I'm ready for crisp fall.
2) TTC #1 since June 2013
3) 1st month that I am charting, temping, and opk
4) currently in FW....I think I o'ed this morning
5) I want to be hopeful but feeling confused and depressed. I had fertile cm Mon-wed, which was good but positive opk came yesterday morning and the fertile cm was gone by then. My temp yesterday was in the higher side but not a spike from my normal yoyoing....and then this morning my temp was the lowest its been all month which I was thoroughly confused by cuz I thought it was supposed to spike......on top of that we BD on m & w, but yesterday when we tried on the most important day it didn't work out....I
m feeling depressed because were only good for like two days in close proxity and then it doesn't work anymore because we are pushing for a reason. That never used to happen. Seems pointless to go through all the charting and tempting and then not nd when it tells us to. :-(
2) TTC #1 since December 2013 with a loss in March
3) I have started charting/temping. I have an appointment with my OB on Sept 3 because I am worried about my cycles suddenly shortening by 2-3 days (coupled with a later O since my mc) and I want to discuss my fibroids. I had said I was going to bench myself, but I want to talk to the doctor before I give up on this cycle entirely....
4) I suppose I am waiting to O. I really thought I had timed things well last month and even had some "symptoms" (mild nausea - which I am still getting on and off actually :-S ,heightened sense of smell, frequent urination (though I think sometimes the fibroids cause that)), but I got a BFN at 8DPO and AF showed either 9 or 10 DPO (my spotting was heavy and weird so I am not really sure when to count CD1).
5) I don't know how I feel. I have been super emotional since finding out about a friend's BFP and it's seriously screwing with my head. I really have only been "trying" this time for 2 months with 1 additional month of NTNP, but it feels like an eternity. The whacky cycles aren't helping.
QOTW: I love early spring. Temperatures in the 70s are perfect.
And my money is totally on Jinger Dugger to eventually say FU to the Duggar clan. And surely at least one of those younger boys is gay. As for Jill, she should be mindful of early announcements. One of the Bates girls (that other large family the Duggars are close to) had a miscarriage the same time I did.
My Ovulation Chart
1 CML11 from NH
2. How long have you been TTC? TTC # 1 Since Feb 2013, seeing an RE since Feb 2014
3. What are you doing this cycle? On BCP until I can start my IVF cycle sept 9th
4. Where are you in your cycle? Day 4 on the BCP
5. How do you feel about this cycle? I dislike the hormone suppression part, but I understand we have to. I am feeling hopeful about our next IVF cycle. My RE was very optimistic that this was going to work and she is going with a more aggressive tx approach.
QOTW: When I lived alone my temp was set around 78, but it's a battle to get the thermostat over 65 with DH in the winter. I do like it colder when I sleep.
Even though I know a long dreadful winter is just around the corner, I love the fall. In NE it's such a beautiful time of year.
Shout out to @Leslie0901 ((hugs)) hope you get good news
Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
TTCAL Siggy Challenge
Yes, the blond girl. And you are probably right about the oldest one!
My Ovulation Chart
Heather from MN
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC #2 since March 2013 (5 months)
3. What are you doing this cycle? Are you seeking help with a fertility specialist (RE)? If so, what stage are you in? Charting/temping? Testing? Medicated cycles? IUI? IVF? DE?
Seeing the RE, hopefully starting Femara on Tuesday if my cyst is gone, otherwise BCPs for a month.
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?
CD1 today. Ugh...
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Worried -- if the cyst is still there, I'll be so disappointed. BUT, if we start the Femara, I'm hopeful because we're increasing our dose.
QOTW: It seems fall is on the way soon. Do you like it colder or warmer? If you had complete control of the thermostat with no concern for utility bills, what would you set it at?