Why 3T rocks (how has it saved your a$$??)

chicory · October 2014

TB/3T/IF pretty much saved my ass tonight. Went to dinner with friends, I am currently stimming for IVF. This is the first time I've had to take any injectables away from home and thought I had everything planned out - had my follistim and low-dose HCG on an ice pack in my purse. IDIOT me left the house with ZERO needles for my follistim pen. I get to the restaurant bathroom and realize this (oh shit moment right there...we're an hour from home.) Then I remembered the unit conversion for follistim units to units on an insulin syringe, and I had an extra syringe along! Did the math, shot myself up, and went on with an amazing night stress free! In more ways than one, this community has been a resource and haven for me, and I wouldn't even consider myself a legit "regular." So, pretty much, you rock. Thanks!!!

theholmanherd · October 2014

That's awesome! 3T has done so much for me in terms of support and relationships. We're an amazing board

chicory · October 2014

@rainbowbridge14‌ the discussion that helped me has "follistim overfill" in the title and was started by one of our lovely mods right here on 3T in January 2014. I can post the link to the discussion but something makes me feel like that's not allowed, though I can't remember why. I know our mods are busy this weekend so I won't tag them, but if in fact it is OK to post the link, anyone can feel free to LMK. Otherwise it's easily searched!

emilycatlady · October 2014

In the short time I've been here it's given me people to talk to and heaps of advice and support

BunnyBerry · October 2014

Because IF treatment is hard, expensive, and takes a very, very long time (apparently for us), sometimes I start to feel like we should just stop and ignore our IF again. 3T reminds me that we have a diagnosed medical condition, our reproductive parts should be able to reproduce, and we are simply getting medical help to treat this condition that severely impacts our life.

LindseyM2012 · October 2014

This board (you ladies) have kept me sane through the LOOONG process leading up to treatment. Everyone has kept things very real, which has helped me keep things in perspective and not freak out. You all understand how raw, vulnerable and helpless IF can make us feel and always validate that without offering any pity. The two IRL people (other than my husband) have offered pity and/or minimized the issue. My husband has been a support, but simply being a man he could never understand why this hits me so darn hard. I can not overemphasize how much I appreciate all of you.

I only hope that I provide the same kind of support and perspective I have gotten from everyone else.

lebradford · October 2014

This is the only board I felt comfortable coming to when we were first starting IF treatment. Because I was completely anovulatory, we started treatment well before the year mark. Because of that there was a long time when I felt kind of like "fake infertile." I felt like I didn't have too much of a right to complain, but I didn't fit in on the Waiting to O threads on TTGP either. Even with my unique situation, everyone on here was completely welcoming and helpful, and it has meant the world to me.

Being a part of this group has also shown me that my level of frustration and sadness is normal. It's reinforced to me that it's ok to be sad at hearing a pregnancy announcement, avoid baby showers, etc. I didn't have any idea how to navigate this world before.

SND1231 · October 2014

@lebradford I completely agree with everything you said.. This community has helped me soo much. I also don't have AF and found it hard to fit in... But this group has been so sweet and helpful!

DharmaChick · October 2014

Having a supportive, fun, empathetic, knowledge-sharing group of ladies here on 3T has done a great deal to keep me sane during what is a very difficult time.

The info that we have shared here has also saved me from false hope or discouragement many times. For example:
I recently went to the doctor for something unrelated (UTI, blech) and they ran a pregnancy test as well to rule that out as a cause of my symptoms (and also b/c I told them that I was TTC and need a safe antibiotic). The doctor was very nice and mentioned that he and his wife went through a hard struggle with IVF, too. So I think that he really wanted to give me some encouraging news when he mentioned that the test was faintly positive. Thanks to you ladies, I knew not to get my hopes up too much, as it was only 4 days after I had triggered!
(That said - I haven't tested since then, but I'm hoping that the faint positive has only gotten stronger!)

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