TTC>35 weekly check-in 11/12

Re: TTC>35 weekly check-in 11/12

• tlc35 member

  November 2014

  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  tlc
  
  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?
  temping, charting.  Testing cycle with the RE.
  
  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.  CD 8
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  I'm excited.  My HSG was good.  My tubes are clear and I have my mid-cycle u/s and postcoital test next monday.
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  I like brainless reality TV and I still watch Grey's anatomy even though it has gotten a bit ridiculous.
  
  Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
  Good luck @CML11 with your beta and @meredithcarole good thoughts for your upcoming fibroid surgery.
  

  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                                   
                            
  

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• MySallyGirl member

  November 2014

  1. Mysallygirl
  
  2. How long have you been TTC? This is cycle 4 of TTC #3.  I have 2 boys already and would be extra excited to have a little girl.
  
  3. What are you doing this cycle? I'm charting and temping and using OPKs.  I take progesterone for a short luteal phase and my OB is having me do blood work this cycle to check progesterone levels and other things. 
  
  4. Where are you in your cycle? (Waiting to O, 2WW etc) I had a positive OPK today and no temperature spike yet...so I may be ovulating as I type this.  lol  DH and I DTD the last two days.  We won't be able to today because I work late, but will again tomorrow.
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)  I am actually feeling really hopeful about this cycle.  Time will tell.
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?  Big Bang Theory, Nashville, & Reign
  
  Vent - DH taking Paxil sucks and makes TTC more of a frustrating chore than fun sometimes.
  

  
  

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• kelley72 member

  November 2014

  Best wishes to all those about to test /get betas @CML11 , @TripMomma and those with upcoming procedures or appointments.

   @tlc35  I've always thought the poistcoital test would be interesting to do, Are they checking for sperm health?

  1. Kelley in GA
  2. 2nd with dh my 6th for 7 cyles
  3. We're on our own, I chart and hope to inspire dh to have sex!
  4. cd14

  5. I'm typically very hopeful at this point of the cycle and that is true this go round as well.
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?  probably Walking Dead
  

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• wvarn member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

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

  Susie from WV 

  
  

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

  TTC since July. #2 for me # 3 for DH (he has 5 year old twins) and our first together. 

  
  

   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? 

  Only 2 nd cycle of temping not doing any other treatment at this time.

  
  

  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. Hoping my luteal phase ends up being longer than 7 days this cycle. 

  
  

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

  I really don't feel anything yet about this cycle. Lol. 

  
  

  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show? 

  Right now I'm hooked oh "sleepy hollow" I watch it as soon as I can on Hulu. I'm also watching a show called "Reign" I'm obsessed with historical dramas. Lol. I'm posting from iPad so this format is probably all screwed up.
  

  
  

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• wvarn member

  November 2014

  @MySallyGirl‌ it is nice to see someone else watches Reign. No one I know IRL knows what I'm talking about when I mention it. Lol.

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• Davie813 member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  
  
  1. 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 January
  
  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?
  IVF.  Gulp.
  
  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?
  HCG was negative yesterday, so started BCPs.  Have scary needle tutorial Friday.
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  Completely freaked out.  I can't believe that between conceiving DD and now I've gone from "you get pregnant by not taking birth control anymore" to "you--maybe--get pregnant by hyperstimulating your ovaries with two different shots, adding a third to suppress ovulation until the fourth--which REALLY hurts--, fertilizing your eggs in a petri dish, shooting whatever comes of it back up, and administering continued horse-needle shots to keep it in there until the doctor says you can stop."  My husband is freaked out, too.  But of course all that matters is that it works.  If it works.
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  90 Day Fiancee, 19 Kids and Counting, that kind of thing.  Sadly, I love TLC.  I never said I had good taste.
  
  Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
  Good luck, @cml11 and @meredithcarole!
  

  *****Signature/Ticker Warning******
  
  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.

  April 2015: IVF #2.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  16R, 15M, 12F. Transferred 2 5-day blasts 4/12 and froze 4--BFP!  M/C 5/25/15
  August 2015: IVF #3.  14R, 13M, 11F.  Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing.  3 normals.  FET planned for 10/2015.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• lcwed member

  November 2014

  1. lcwed, tx
  
  
  2. #2 since January
  
  3. Temping/charting, OPK
  
  4. CD24 Probably a few days past O.  I should get cross hairs from FF tomorrow.
  
  5. Woohoo I probably ovulated.  I was getting a little worried.  Delayed ovulation made my fertile window while DH was sick, so timing is probably terrible and it took a really long time to ovulate so not expecting anything.  The great thing is at least I ovulated and can move on to next month.
  
  QOTW: So many, Walking Dead, Once Upon a Time, Big Bang Theory, and Modern Family.  Out of all the superhero shows DH makes me watch, the Flash is probably my favorite.
  
  
  Big hugs and lots of luck to @CML11 and @Tripmomma.
  

  
  
  Me 36 DH 39
  

  DD 3/29/12
  

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• MySallyGirl member

  November 2014

  @wvarn I love Reign...I'm guessing you know it's only very loosely historically based though.  lol  You need some spaces between your questions...my eyeballs hurt trying to read everything in your response all together in one paragraph!   
  
  @Davie813 90 Day Fiance is a guilty pleasure of mine as well.
  

  
  

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• URMySunshine77 member

  November 2014

  That's great news about your HSG, @tlc35!

  
  

  FX for good news from @tripmomma and @CML11!

  
  

  1. URMySunshine77
  
  2. TTC#2 for eight months, seven cycles.  (child mentioned below)
  
  3. Temping, OPKs, acupuncture 2x a month, reduced caffeine, no alcohol, RE appointment.

  
  

  I met with the RE on Monday. He did an ultrasound and everything looked good. I do have a small polyp in my uterus. He didn't seem concerned but said we'd have to monitor it. He also didn't want a HSG unless right now we prepped for an IUI. He looked at all of my labs and said that the only questionable result was my TSH which was the highest that they *like* to see it go. (2.5 comes to mind, but don't quote me on that.)

  
  

  The doctor gave me two options. He said that I could do Clomid or Clomid + IUI. Because I've already had a child, he seemed to think that the problem was probably my older eggs or DH's sperm. I don't feel ready to use Clomid yet, so I just don't know at this point. 

  
  

  On O-1 of last week (fabulous timing [sarcasm]), DH told me that he thinks he wants to stop TTC. He is worried about AMA risks. I have a feeling that he is more worried about taking care of a second LO because I think that DS overwhelms him sometimes. So we need to have a heart-to-heart in the next couple of weeks about continuing. As for me, I am not worried about risks. I just want to make sure that he is ready to parent two if we end up having another. I'm not sure he's there. If we continue, he should probably do a SA.

  
  4. I think I'm 1DPO although my chart really sucks. I didn't have a nice rise this morning.
  
  5. I think that we hit -5, and -3. Not sure how to feel.
  
  QOTW: We don't have a TV, so I don't watch much TV. On Hulu, I do watch MasterChef. I also check out Mad Men from the library. I should be receiving the last season soon.

  
  

  
  

  
  

               

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• Davie813 member

  November 2014

  URMySunshine77 said:

  
  

  
  

  On O-1 of last week (fabulous timing [sarcasm]), DH told me that he thinks he wants to stop TTC. He is worried about AMA risks. I have a feeling that he is more worried about taking care of a second LO because I think that DS overwhelms him sometimes. So we need to have a heart-to-heart in the next couple of weeks about continuing. As for me, I am not worried about risks. I just want to make sure that he is ready to parent two if we end up having another. I'm not sure he's there. If we continue, he should probably do a SA.

  
  

  I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. I hope you're able to have a good talk and get on the same page soon. Hugs to you.

  *****Signature/Ticker Warning******
  
  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.

  April 2015: IVF #2.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  16R, 15M, 12F. Transferred 2 5-day blasts 4/12 and froze 4--BFP!  M/C 5/25/15
  August 2015: IVF #3.  14R, 13M, 11F.  Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing.  3 normals.  FET planned for 10/2015.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• wvarn member

  November 2014

  MySallyGirl said:

  @wvarn I love Reign...I'm guessing you know it's only very loosely historically based though.  lol  You need some spaces between your questions...my eyeballs hurt trying to read everything in your response all together in one paragraph!   
  
  

  Sorry I fixed it.  My ipad hates me.  Yea I know it's mostly fiction, but I love all things set in that time period. The author Philippa Gregory is a guilty pleasure of mine. If you like to read and like that time period you should check her out.  

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• lcwed member

  November 2014

  @MySallyGirl @wvarn there is a really good book about Queen Mary by Phillipa Gregory called The Other Queen.  She writes historical fiction, but the facts are accurate.  She did The Other Bolyn Girl and the White Queen which was made into a series on STARZ.
  
  @Davies813 I just saw an episode of that yesterday.  Its one of those were you want to hope its sincere, but you can't help but think they are doing it to come to America.  Some of them are really obvious that they are just doing it for the visa.
  

  
  
  Me 36 DH 39
  

  DD 3/29/12
  

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• URMySunshine77 member

  November 2014

  Thanks so much @Davie813. I don't think that he is totally out, but it's good that he is willing to talk. We have a child-free vacation starting next week, so it will be good timing.

  
  

  
  

  
  

               

    "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt

  
  

                                               
  

  
  

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• Davie813 member

  November 2014

  @lcwed, yeah, none of the couples this time around seem to have much of a relationship--not a healthy one, anyway.  Definitely an all-around weirder bunch than last season.
  
  @URMySunshine, enjoy your vacation!  That sounds simply amazing!
  

  *****Signature/Ticker Warning******
  
  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.

  April 2015: IVF #2.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  16R, 15M, 12F. Transferred 2 5-day blasts 4/12 and froze 4--BFP!  M/C 5/25/15
  August 2015: IVF #3.  14R, 13M, 11F.  Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing.  3 normals.  FET planned for 10/2015.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• flyliceandcoffee member

  November 2014

  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  flyliceandcoffee - CO
  
  2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
  TTC#2 since June with one 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?
  I can't decide if I want to keep temping/using opks or not. Part of me wants to just so I know for sure when I ovulate, but at the same time I'm thinking all the knowledge is just too stressful!
  
  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?
  CD5...waiting for AF to leave the building
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  meh. I was hopeful last month and we had really good timing but nada. Every month feels like I'm adding more and more stress onto myself. And sadly, every month, when AF shows up, I miss the one I lost just a little bit more.
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  there's just tooooo many to name! Pick a day and I have a show I watch. IF I had to pick just one...I would probably say criminal minds. It's so creepy and nuts, but I love it. I just can't watch it right before bed.
  
  Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
  Everyone who is testing soon and everyone else who have positive tests even if they're just squinters!!! I get all excited seeing the good news from you all.
  

   

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• TheAerialist member

  November 2014

  Hi Everyone!

  
  

  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  Sarah - Maryland
  
  2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
  Almost a year now, this is #1

  
  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 did see an RE after our second MC this year, we have the counsyl tests, just need to get them registered and will be doing the SA next week.  I have some other bloodwork to do, and then I wait to do the day 3 testing.

  
  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?

  Currently I am waiting for AF after my miscarriage at the end of October.  We are cleared to try again next month, but who knows how long AF will take.  Everything cleared on 10/27, but they didn't check for declining betas, so I just have to wait.
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  Bored!

  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show? HOMELAND OMG.
  

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• CML11 member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  ***if all goes well Friday, this may be my last check in here. I will continue to update on the grad check in*** Although I will be lurking FX
  
  
  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? IVF#2, Beta #3 Friday
  
  4. Where are you in your cycle?
  12dp5d transfer
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? I am still optimistic beta test jumped 24 to 43, so they are watching it very closely to see if the numbers are continuing to double. FX!
  
  
  QOTW:
  Favorite shows: Scandal, Revenge, Modern Family, Sons of Anarchy and House Hunters Alaska. We DVR them all, we almost never go to the movies (we've been 2x together) so it's kind've our thing to snuggle and watch TV series.
  On my own I also watch Grey's Anatomy and Once Upon A Time
  
  Shout outs!
  @tlc35‌ great news your HSG went well
  @Kelly 72 and @flyliceandcoffee‌ good luck!
  @lcwed‌ hope you had great timing, let's see a BFP soon!
  
  @Davie813 I though the same thing about getting pregnant. I laugh at the thought of thinking how fast I thought it supposed to happen. Never in a million years did I realize what it actually might take.
  
  @URMySunshine77‌ wow, sorry your having to de with that. I think a heart to heart will help to both get on the same page. Hugs!
  @McSarah1104‌ I'm so sorry for your loss. I wish you success with this cycle
  
  
  

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• northernkhaleesi member

  November 2014

  ((hugs)) URMySunshine77 - my DH had similar concerns before we decided to TTC. Since we are both teachers, he sees a lot of issues in his classroom, and was very worried about having a child with an exceptionality.

  
  

  1. Khaleesi from Canada. The freezing north, strong and free... (we've had two snowstorms in the last week).

  
  

  2. TTC #3 for me, #1 for DH with one loss in Sept.

  
  

  3. Charting and temping.

  
  

  4. 2WW - 5dpo. Tingling breasts off and on - not tender, but I know they're there, and weird sleep patterns suddenly.

  
  

  5. Pretty optimistic. Our timing was good (-5, -4, -1,  O, +1) and my temp is on the rise.

  
  

  Fingers crossed for all those in the 2WW. It's the longest part of the month!

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• pinkishrabbit member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

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

  PinkishRabbit 

  
  

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

  TTC #1 for a few 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? 

   Nothing right now, trying to get back on track from being sick 

  
  

  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 

  
  

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

  Ready to try again next month 

  
  

  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show? 

  I love TV maybe a bit too much, right now my favs are Grey's Anatomy, Walking Dead, Jane the Virgin, Love or List it, Big Bang Theory...

   
  
  
  

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• wannabmama23 member

  November 2014

  @URMySunshine77‌ I'm sorry it's a little rough for you now, I hope some time away and relaxation helps!

  36, DH 31 TTC #1 since we got married, July 2014. http://FertilityFriend.com/home/522fa4/

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• lcwed member

  November 2014

  @2TMaggie0424 Were you or DH the 90 day fiance?  What is the country of origin?
  

  
  
  Me 36 DH 39
  

  DD 3/29/12
  

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• meredithcarole member

  November 2014

  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  
  Meredith from FL
  
  2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
  
  TTC#1 since Nov 2013, one loss in March
  
  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?
  
  Going through preliminary testing with an RE. Back on BCP pending a myomectomy next month - then benched until March.
  
  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?
  
  CD3, AF is here, but they had me start BCPs today so I am not sure what that is going to do to my cycle (shorten AF, maybe?)
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  
  Doesn't matter because I am on the bench
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  
  Agents of Shield, 19 Kids and Counting (guilty pleasure), Once Upon A Time (another guilty pleasure), Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey, and Sherlock.
  
  Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
  
  @tlc35 yay for the good HSG!
  
  @URMySunshine77‌ Sorry H is being a little reserved right now. FX your heart-to-heart goes well.
  
  @CML11‌ I have everything crossed for doubling betas!
  
  @lcwed‌ wrong thread, but I love your taste in music
  
  To everyone else, good luck with this cycle!

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  AMA 35 :  DH 33

  BFP#1 1/26/14 (EDD: 10/7/14).  MMC 3/10/14 D&C 3/14/14

  RE Consult 11/3/14 - AMH 2.25 "great" . FSH 7.10 . Low Vitamin D

  Myomectomy 12/17/14.  Benched until March.

  
  

  
  

  
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• stemi member

  November 2014

  A little late here!
  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  Stemi from VA
  
  
  2. How long have you been TTC?
  TTC #1 for 3 months.
  
  3. What are you doing this cycle?
  At this point, we're just charting BBT, checking CM, EDD, eating well, sleeping well-- just trying to take good care of my body. I am going to see a midwife on the 26th, and she will help me come up with a "plan."
  
  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 in my TWW--CD20/8DPO. I have no self-control, so I had DH lock my tests up in his safe-- at least until this weekend! I'm experiencing all the symptoms, because one of my greatest joys (and stressors) in life, is to let my thoughts run wild.
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  I'm going back and forth between hope and calm, and fear and anxiety. If it doesn't happen this cycle, I have moments of thinking we should stop trying, due to a variety of uncertainties that have popped up.
  
  Because of some messed up family drama, DH is now planning a career change that would land him at the bottom of the pay scale for a while. This year, I have started a business, quit my job, gotten engaged, gotten married, and now attempting to conceive. I have fears that my new business, and life passion, will be the first sacrifice at this point. My heart and my brain are currently in battle.
  Do I have time to wait??? Sorry for the long vent!
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  I love TV, but have recently removed my tv from my workspace(where I have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon prime) and moved it to my home(which has no internet access or cable). So, I'm not watching anything but rented movies and a few fuzzy local TV stations when the digital antenna is having a good day!
  Some of my favorites were-- Orange is the New Black, The Wire, House of Cards.
  
  Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
  Good luck to everyone in the TWW-- I hope there are a lot of positives this cycle!
  Also-- I really like this board. Everyone seems very supportive. It seems like a good fit for me.

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• Radiantly member

  November 2014

  Hey all
  TTC number 1 for a bit over a year
  Today is 8dpo
  Hopeful. Had a little twinge yesterday
  Naturally trying still
  
  I am really into Netflix seasons after canceling cable. Vampire diaries (season 4) true blood (also season 4) game of thrones
  
  I'm mobile bumping sorry for the briefness

  TTC#1 since Aug 2013, I'm 37, DH 41.  
  

  Maya Arvigo Abdominal massage (daily self care), plus TTC meditations.

  I'm very sensitive to diet (gluten, avoid processed foods) and environment. Have a history of inflammation and tendinitis before going off gluten in 2009.  
  

  July 2014 - RE Visit #1: Eggs look good, Endometrioma on R ovary, HSG showed blocked R tube close to ovary. DH SA normal 

  DX: Endometriosis probably the IF cause and gunking up tubes.  Since egg reserve is high, RE says I can wait a couple months and then get laproscopic surgery to remove endo & clear tube.  If that doesn't help then move to IVF. 

  Dec 2014 - Saw new RE - does not recommend surgery on tube as it isn't likely to help.  Doubts I have endometriosis.  My endometrioma shrunk to neglible size (yay!) 

  Seriously considering IVF in March/April

  12/17/14 - Natural BFP! 

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• sonpetitlapin member

  November 2014

  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  
  Melissa - FL
  
  2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?

  
  

  Our #1.  For a few 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? 
  
  Right now just going with the flow and trying to keep up with our normal BD.  Will be going to the GYN next month once my new insurance kicks in to find out about my abnormal bleeding.
  
  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?
  
  Pretty sure in 2WW.  Wish I could say this intense constant craving for hot sauce and wanting to smother everything with it was a phantom symptom.  But I am prolly just a couple of days DPO and I have had this craving for a couple of weeks.  I wish I could say my right breast tingly and itchy like crazy was a symptom.  I only felt this with my pregnancy.  But I now think it is a sign I have ovulated and it will continue until AF shows up. what a wonderful left over side effect from my loss back in May.
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)

  
  

  I want to be hopeful.  We had great timing.  Only missed a day or two in my fertile window, but never consecutive. But I am staying meh.  There is no point to get hopes up until I see the GYN.
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?

  
  

  American Horror Story, Scandal, Game of Thrones, Shameless, How to get Away with Murder, Grey's, 
  
  Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.

  
  

  @cml11 thinking about you hoping for continued growing betas.

  
  

  meredithcarole hope your procedure goes well

  
  

  @Davie813  I am sorry you are going through this and feeling overwhelmed!  
  

  
  

  @URMySunshine77‌ I am sorry H is feeling reserved now on TTC.  It is hard on both parties.  I hope you two can talk and lesson any stresses your both have in the comfort of support with each other.
  

  
  

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  ~Formerly ABabyMabe4us

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Me(35) Him(35) Untied for life 4/1/2015.

  TTC Our 1st since 8/2014

  MC @ 7 weeks 5/2014

  Me: DD#1 3/2000, DD#2 6/2001, DS 5/2003

  BFP: 2/19/2015 EDD: 11/1/2015 IT'S A BOY!!!!

  
  

  
  

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• suziq1978 member

  November 2014

  1. suziq1978, Central Illinois
  2. This is our second cycle
  3. Started charting and temping 
  4. 2WW, AF should come by Saturday.
  5. Trying not to get my hopes up - no symptoms to speak of that couldn't be considered upcoming AF symptoms.
  
  QOTW: Walking Dead
  
  
  

  <a href="http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5677e2">My Ovulation Chart</a>
  

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• vh2014 member

  November 2014

  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  vh2014, Virginia
  
  2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
  Since late 2013 with a 9 month break

  
  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? 
  Temping and OPKs... once the cycle gets started. 

  
  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?
  CD49 but already started Provera and AF should start sometime after Sature
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  Very hopeful.  Regardless of the outcome (remind me about this in a month LOL) I am happy to be able to see what's happening now that temping and OPKs are involved. 

  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  Don't really have one, TLC when I work from home, we love Homeland, and lots of HGTV
  
  Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.

  Shout out to everyone on this board! You all are awesome and amazing.  Knowing you are not alone makes it way easier to ask the "stupid questions" at the doc, not get your hopes up and then be let down too badly, and use other experiences (not just Dr. Google and stats but emotional experiences) to make decisions.  Thanks to everyone!

  me:41   dh:43 

  Off Mirena Nov 2013, On Nuvaring end of Jan, Back off Sept 2014.  Never ending cycle starting end of Sept... 

  11/14 Provera failed... cycle continues 

  12/14 High FSH (57 "midcycle")  OBGYN had no clue... about anything 

  01/15 More lab results coming back from RE. U/S showed small (1")cyst on left ovary, thin lining, and couldn't locate right ovary so  possibly straight to DE and IVF 

  
  

  Occassionally mess with the chart below to see "what if" and learn (not to make it pretty but because FF stays drunk with me).  
  

  
  

  
  My Ovulation Chart

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• Austrogermokee member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  1. Austrogermokee of Bawlmore, hon! 

  
  

   2. TTC #1 for over a year. 

  
  

  3. Letrozole 7.5 mg CD2-6, going to RE tomorrow for surgery follow up (had laparoscopy for diagnosis and to remove endometrioma) and to confirm I'm off the bench and can resume BD. 

  
  

  4. CD8. Should o sometime this weekend. 

  
  

  5. I feel really good because I finally have a diagnosis. Endometriosis isn't my idea of fun, but it's less frustrating than month after month of being told our eggs and sperm are looking great, followed by BFN after BFN. 

  
  

  QOTW: Count me as another Reign fan. The trashiness! The costumes! Anne of Green Gables as a poisoning HBIC! I also like The 100, Arrow, Haven, The Flash, New Girl (though the characters this season have started acting like demented college kids instead of thirtysomethings and that gets old), and I hate watch Glee. 

  
  

  Shout out to my beloved vodka.

  Me: 38 DH: 40 TTC#1 (and likely only) since 9/13. Saw RE 5/14, SA good, AMH 2.36, FSH 7.2, estradiol 69.6 indicating good egg reserve. Using OPKs. First Letrozole cycle 6/14, a burst cyst and a BFN. Second Letrozole cycle 7/14, BFN. 

  
  

  Update 11/14 - had laparoscopy 10/28, good news is that my uterus and left tube look good, and they were able to drain the cyst on my left ovary. Bad news is that right tube and ovary have endo and scar tissue, so they're pretty useless.. Best news is that we finally have some answers and a path forward. Taking 7.5 mg letrozole CD 2-6 to put that good left ovary through its paces. 

  
  

  UPDATE 2/2015 - We switched to another fertility clinic, but fortunately we don't have to start all over. We're doing two cycles of Clomid plus IUI, if neither of those take, we'll do IVF in April, potentially with ICSI. (DH's SA has gone downhill, likely due to excessive exercise.) IUI#1 2/25/15....

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• lcwed member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  @Austrogermokee I also watch the 100 and Arrow.  DH is a major comic fan, so we DVR all the comic book shows.
  
  @ABabyMaybe4us I'm sorry about all your phantom symptoms.  FX you had great timing and get a BFP.
  
  @suziq1978 I hope you get a BFP in the next few days
  
  @b0710 FX the great timing leads to a BFP!
  

  
  
  Me 36 DH 39
  

  DD 3/29/12
  

                    BFP 6/4/14 ~ MMC 7/7/14 ~ D&C 7/15/14            
  BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC  12/29/14    
  
  TTCAL Siggy Challenge
  
  
  

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• sonpetitlapin member

  November 2014

  @lcwed Thank you!

  ****Siggy Warning***

  ~Formerly ABabyMabe4us

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Me(35) Him(35) Untied for life 4/1/2015.

  TTC Our 1st since 8/2014

  MC @ 7 weeks 5/2014

  Me: DD#1 3/2000, DD#2 6/2001, DS 5/2003

  BFP: 2/19/2015 EDD: 11/1/2015 IT'S A BOY!!!!

  
  

  
  

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• lcwed member

  November 2014

  That's so cool. Goes to show love can find you anywhere!

  
  
  Me 36 DH 39
  

  DD 3/29/12
  

                    BFP 6/4/14 ~ MMC 7/7/14 ~ D&C 7/15/14            
  BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC  12/29/14    
  
  TTCAL Siggy Challenge
  
  
  

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• sonpetitlapin member

  November 2014

  @tmaggie0424 my ex and I got married within 90 days as well.  People thought we were crazy.  When you know you know.

  ****Siggy Warning***

  ~Formerly ABabyMabe4us

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Me(35) Him(35) Untied for life 4/1/2015.

  TTC Our 1st since 8/2014

  MC @ 7 weeks 5/2014

  Me: DD#1 3/2000, DD#2 6/2001, DS 5/2003

  BFP: 2/19/2015 EDD: 11/1/2015 IT'S A BOY!!!!

  
  

  
  

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• WinoGrrl member

  November 2014

  Phew, finally out of training this week. I feel like I missed so much on the board! lol.

  
  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  WinoGrrl- WI
  
  2. How long have you been TTC?  TTC #1 cycle 4
  
  3. What are you doing this cycle? Charting/Temping
  
  4. Where are you in your cycle? Waiting to O. My temps have been all over the place - although H is gone this week so my sleep pattern is ALL messed up. OPKs have been negative thus far and FF is still predicting Sunday as Oday. Hopefully that is true as I pick up H from the airport tonight which would be just in time to get some BDing in!

  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc) not sure. last cycle i was feeling REALLY hopeful - so I'm just trying to be chill this cycle. I'm not sure how good of timing we'll manage either...
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?

  Anything on HGTV, American Horror Story, Modern Family, the Voice, Dr WHo, Sherlock

  
  

  Tons of thoughts out to everyone testing / waiting / going through procedures this week!

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• betch78 member

  November 2014

  1. betch78, Virginia
  
  2. This is cycle #2 TTC #2
  3. The usual, but I've been pretty lax.... temping, FF, OPKs, supplements, no caffeine, no alcohol. I have been SO SICK with some sort of nasty virus (high fever, cough, sore throat, chills, aches, etc.), so I really haven't been thinking much about getting pregnant. In fact, I was thinking of taking a month off, but my DH seemed really disappointed when I suggested that.
  
  4. CD10, waiting to O. I have a feeling I might be waiting a while for it. Being sick and losing a bunch of weight will probably throw things way off this cycle. (You should see what a fever of 102.9 does to a FF chart! LOL)
  
  5. Not hopeful. With being so sick and losing 9 lbs, I really don't think this will be my month. Probably for the best. I'd rather start my pregnancy when I'm healthy and strong!
  QOTW: Mad Men, Call the Midwife, House of Cards, Orange is the New Black
  
  Good luck, ladies!!!

  {Age 36 TTC Baby #2}

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• flyliceandcoffee member

  November 2014

  clgsquared said:

  Thought I'd be able to test this week but alas, CD1 is here.  Eff you AF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  booooooo!!! go away AF!
  

   

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• kelley72 member

  November 2014

  @betch78  Hope you heal up!  102+ is high jeez... 

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• sonpetitlapin member

  November 2014

  @cigsquared Boo on her!!!  Not fair.

  
  

  @betch78 wow!!  I hope you feel better soon.  That is a very high temp

  ****Siggy Warning***

  ~Formerly ABabyMabe4us

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Me(35) Him(35) Untied for life 4/1/2015.

  TTC Our 1st since 8/2014

  MC @ 7 weeks 5/2014

  Me: DD#1 3/2000, DD#2 6/2001, DS 5/2003

  BFP: 2/19/2015 EDD: 11/1/2015 IT'S A BOY!!!!

  
  

  
  

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• TAT2MAMI member

  November 2014

  Sorry I'm so late to the game! It's been a crazy week!

  1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
  TAT2MAMI from Northern Cal

  2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
  TTC #2 since Mar/April
  
  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?
  OPK - Ovia App
  
  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 am on CD 23 - In the 2WW. No real symptoms of any kind.
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  I got a positive OPK and we DTD plenty I think. But I've just stoped getting my hopes up. I think if I were to get a BFP, I would be shocked. DH's doctor requested bloodwork for him to check his testosterone, but DH has been too busy to go get it done!!
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  I absolutely LOVE "Modern Family." It's the only show that can literally make me laugh out loud. Other than that, I like "Bates Motel." Can't wait for the new season. And reality shows on the Bravo channel.  
  

  Me: 38 ~  DH: 38 ~   DD: 8

  TTC #2 since March/April 2014.

   

   

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• emsmama15 member

  November 2014

  Late, Late, Late.  Sorry!  It's been a crazy week and I'm battling an awful code my girl was nice enough to share with me.  And I was too lazy to go back to the front to copy the original, so I copied @TAT2MAMI's entry, so I get her pretty colors...

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

  2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
  TTC #2 since March with a 2+ month break dealing with a possible fibroid outside my uterus.  Side note - it's getting smaller each ultrasound.  Saw my OB last week and she said it would be just our luck that it's gone when/if I next deliver and we'll never know what it was.  Oh well.
  
  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? 
  Femara 7.5 mg CD 3-8, Ovidrel trigger shot on CD 12, Progesterone supps started CD 15.
  
  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 20, TWW, 6-ish DPO I think.  I'm not having any symptoms aside from a little cramping - but this cold is really distracting me.  One positive of being sick, I guess.
  
  5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
  My hubby had a bit of performance anxiety, so we only had sex once.  But that's all it takes, right?  It was on the day before ovulation, so that's good, I guess.  We got pregnant on our first medicated cycle last time, so I'm very hopeful.  I think my polycystic ovaries just need a little boost.  
  
  QOTW: What is your (current) favorite TV show?
  Modern Family, Once Upon A Time, Gotham, The Flash, Hells Kitchen, and Master Chef are a few of the shows we DVR.  Kind of eclectic - a melding of my hubby's taste and mine.

  *** Child & current pregnancy mentioned ***

  Me - 41 (PCOS), Hubby - 43 (healthy)

  7/2013 - Sweet baby girl born (Clomid + TI)

  3/2014 - TTC #2, return to RE 7/2014

  12/2015: IVF #1 transferred two great looking embryos - BFP!

  First ultrasound: TWO beautiful little heartbeats!!

  Harmony: negative; level 2: babies look great and are boy/girl!  

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• WinoGrrl member

  November 2014

  Ugh, I'm STILL waiting to O. Originally FF was predicting Saturday - OPK was negative. Sunday OPK was very close to positive - test line was maybe the tiniest smidge lighter than control line but temps still low - this morning OPK was definitely positive right away - temp was even lower this morning. I guess I'll get home and get some BDing in and hope for the best. Last cycle was super short and now this cycle seems to want to make up for it.

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