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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: What is the best vacation you have been on?
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
Re: TTC>35 weekly check-in 11/19
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 and charting and doing initial testing 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. I am currently CD 15 and no +OPK yet, hopefully tomorrow. Monday I had and U/S bloodwork and post coital test. I saw H's sperm swimming around on the microscope slide which was pretty cool. Based on the labs and the 16 mm follie he thought I would O within the next 3-4 day. I go back tomorrow for another u/s and more labs. Hopefully my LH will be surging tomorrow.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Pretty hopeful for the HSG BFP but trying not to get too excited
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on?
H and I went to Paris and London when we were dating and it was a great trip, but I also loved Puerto Rico this spring.
We are talking about doing a christmas break trip since I am boycotting all the usual Holiday stuff this year so I need ideas! We don't like the "sit on the beach" trip since we both get bored of that quickly.
Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
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
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?
1st IVF scheduled for December
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?
Still taking BCPs--stopping them and starting Lupron next week.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Much calmer than before. Still a little bit uncomfortable with the idea of IVF, but less overwhelmed about the practicalities. I'm trying to manage my expectations so I won't be too crushed if it doesn't work.
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on?
I always say this, but my honeymoon. Being a newlywed is fun, Slovenia is beautiful, the neighborhood in Venice where we stayed for a few days on our way there is actually my mental happy place when things suck...best trip ever!
Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
Welcome back, @KateLouise; hugs to @cml11, @phibner, @stemi, and anyone else who needs them; and welcome to all the new folks!
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
2. TTC #2 since January with 1 loss
3. Temping/Charting
4. 9 DPO. I have been really crampy, but the crumpy is more in the upper stomach by the ribs which I think may be from all the coughing, but that could just be wishful thinking.
5. Back and forth. Woohoo, using FF chart overly, I realized that my post O temps on all my previous cycles have been below the temp range on my pregnancy cycle. This is the first cycle where they are in the same range, so I am hoping my body was still recovering from my MC and as so hopefully from here on it I will just need good timing. I had another major temperature dive today, so I am probably out if it doesn't rise. The bad thing is that unless FF got my O dates wrong the last 2 cycles, my LP dropping to 10 or 11 days.
QOTW: Honeymoon trip to Italy. A 2 week inclusive tour of Italy, including, Capri, Sorrento, Rome, Pompeii, Assissi, Venice, Milan, Verona, Tuscany area, and Florence. Best part is we got DD out of it.
Hugs to @Radiantly for having temps that won't match an HPT and @stemi for CD1 and a stressful time.
Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
TTCAL Siggy Challenge
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
WinoGrrl - WI
2. How long have you been TTC?
3. What are you doing this cycle? Charting/Temping/OPKs
5. How do you feel about this cycle? Weird. this is a weird, weird cycle. I'm not holding out a whole lot of hope for a BFP this month but I'm not devastated about it either. I'm mostly curious to see what else happens with temps and how long my LP ends up being before CD1
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on? Toss up between our delayed honeymoon in Hawaii this June and my month long trip to Australia/New Zealand. Hawaii was gorgeous - we got tons of scuba, hiking and general activity in plus it was the honeymoon which is fun all on its own. Aus/NZ was an amazing trip and I would love to go back some day with DH (I went with my mom/aunt) and explore even more.
2. 7 cycle for #2 with dh my 6th
3. Chart, sex pretty straightforward
4. Cd21 think I O'd yesterday will see what temps do
5. I'm a little aggravated by my seemingly now new normal of O'ing a little later
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on? Probably the first trip dh and I took together, we went to the beach and it was so relaxing and just perfect weather. We layed out, relaxed, went to dinner, I read a lot and lots of great sex (it was without kids and early in our courtship so...)
1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from.
Stemi in VA
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC#1 since August
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/CM/OPK's
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?
Spotting started today, by this evening, full-blown AF.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Unsure about our plans for future cycles...
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on?
Our Honeymoon on Bald Head Island was perfect-- off season, so it felt like we had the pristine island to ourselves. No cars-- rode bikes/golf carts/walked. Tons of wildlife to see. It was perfect for us! Second best, Brazil-- when I was 15.
Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
Many many thanks to all you lovely ladies for you support, advice, and encouragement! It has been really helpful and I really appreciate it☺️
Good luck to everyone in the TWW!!!
2. On cycle number 4 of TTC child #3.
3. What are you doing this cycle? Charting/temping/used OPKs this month.
4. Where are you in your cycle? 2WW...7 dpo.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? I'm pretty hopeful about this cycle. It's a pretty chart even though that means nothing as far as whether or not I'm pregnant. I had blood drawn today and will again 9dpo to test thyroid, vitamin D, progesterone, and estrogen levels to see if we can balance out my short luteal phases and see what is going on if we don't get pregnant this cycle.
QOTW: My honeymoon to Jamaica was great but also a trip I took to Rome in college was amazing as well. Rome, Florence, and Assisi to be exact. Italy is wonderful and I can still taste the pizza and gelatto.
Good luck to everyone! Sending positive thoughts your way!
flyliceandcoffee - CO
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC #2 since June, 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?
just keeping track of all the things
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?
Day 12 today. temps jumped up this morning though so I'm guessing I ovulated yesterday.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
We shall see. We did, for the first time in what I believe is years, dtd two days in a row so if I did O yesterday that would mean we hit -2 and -1 which is kind of a miracle in my little bubble of a world.
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on?
We don't do a whole lot of vacation traveling unfortunately. I'm thinking the best "trip" we've taken was our 10 day road trip to Colorado when we moved here from California. We could've done it in 2 days if we just went through Nevada and Utah, but we instead went from SF through Yosemite, down to LA, over to the Grand Canyon via route 66, up to Utah, through all but one national park there, and then into CO.
vh2014 Virginia
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
Since last Nov with a 9 month break in the middle. #3 for me, #1 for him
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 OPK if we can ever get it going....
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 for AF after Provera. CD55 though since OB/GYN didn't make me wait until CD60 because I was already in there for my annual visit.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Excited... but irritated because I was hoping AF would show quickly so we could get moving
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on?
My Ovulation Chart
1. Your Name or Screen Name (not full names) and State you are from. Wannabmama23 from MA
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.? TTC #1 , 4 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? 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? In 2WW, 10dpo
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc) was excited and hopeful but today started getting pms symptoms and my temp dropped a bit, of course pms symptoms are same as pregnancy and one temp is nothing...but I just have a feeling AF will be appearing this weekend. Sigh. I really wanted it to happen this month, a lot. But, not much I can do about it now...
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on? I've been very lucky with travel and have had so many great experiences...but this year I got engaged in Hawaii and went to St. John for the honeymoon...so either of those are definitely tops!!
Eta: thinking of the CD1s and others out this cycle. Hoping for some holiday surprises in the next few months!
Heather, MN (Brrr...)
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC #2, since March, with a 2 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?
Working with RE, Femara d3-7, Ovidrel trigger, TI, acupuncture, vaginal progesterone (awesome).
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. Beta scheduled for Friday. BFN today at 10 DPO, need to call the RE office - if I get a negative HPT on Friday, a beta seems rather pointless, doesn't it?
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Less hopeful after my negative HPT today. Feeling down. Already looking ahead and trying to figure out if I should stop my progesterone tomorrow so I can get CD1 at a good time with the holiday next week. My RE's office is closed on Thanksgiving.
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on?
Took a two week trip to Hawaii (did a cruise of all the islands) and then on to Fiji (beautiful, but the plane ride was awful).
Feel free to add any vents or shout outs.
WVaRN fro WV
2. How long have you been TTC? Are you TTC #1,#2,#3, etc.?
TTC since July 2014, #2 for me #3 for DH, #1 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 Charting.
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 14 for me Think I O'd yesterday will have to temp a few more days to see if I get cross hairs.
5. How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
Don't feel to good. I had a horrible long work week and me and DH were on opposite schedules so only got to BD 1 day in the fertile window. I know it just takes one time but not to hopeful.
QOTW: What is the best vacation you have been on?
My Ovulation Chart
2. TTC #4, cycle 3
3. Temping and charting. Was going to buy some opk's but I didn't.
4. Waiting to O, cd 8
5. Hopeful and anxious. Would love to have a BFP by Christmas but really trying not to get my hopes up. Each cycle that goes by means I am closer to my deadline.
QOTW: Took the kids to Pensacola, FL last summer. Rented a house on the beach. We all got sunburned and had a blast. DH and I met in college in Pensacola so it was fun to show the kids around town.
Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
TTCAL Siggy Challenge
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
2. TTC #2 for about 4-5 months
3. Still just taking it easy and hoping it works itself out
4. I should have ovulated this week so fingers crossed!
5. Hopefull about this cycle but husband had to go away for work for 3 days and worried it was during my good window.
QOTW: Bets vacation was honeymoon to Bora Bora :-) so much relaxing and fun in the sun and water, and BEST pineapple mojitos ever!