~~November Angels Check-in~~ (12/15/14)

LittleMrsW · December 2014

**November Angels Check In (December 15, 2014)**

Hello ladies! I'm sure you already know, but going forward, the EDD check-ins will be posted on the first and third Monday of the month. Please do not bump the check-in after the first week, but feel free to post on the main board!

This is a bi-weekly check-in for those who have lost an angel with a November EDD or a loss date in November. If you would like to be added to our group, please reply to this message with your EDD and date and stage of loss. Please also tell us a little bit about yourself and your TTCAL journey so far. As time goes on, it is only to be expected that there will be graduates, which means that there will at times be BFPs listed here. On weeks when we do have a BFP to celebrate, you’ll see a warning at the top of the page, which is provided so you’ll have the option of scrolling past the announcement if you need to. If you do get your BFP, please PM me so that we can congratulate you appropriately in the next check-in.

General Updates: How are you doing? Any appointments or other updates you’d like to share?

Shout outs: If you aren't listed, we haven’t heard from you for a week or two. Welcome back and feel free to jump in!

*If anyone else wants to take over this check-in, please let me know. I have no problem doing it, but the next month is going to be extremely busy for me so I may not be as personal as I'd like.

QOTW: What are you looking forward to the most about the new year?

@aswedishbee How was your timing this cycle? Did you get to bring home your new pup yet?

@McSarah1104 Did you get the results of your CD3 bloodwork yet? Any plans moving forward?

@nikolie93 Are you feeling better? Has any of your anxiety for your upcoming appointment subsided?

@mrskush1014 How are you feeling? Still sick? Any updates to share?

LittleMrsW · December 2014

AFM, I just got back from vacation. We went with some friends to the Santa Crawl in Reno. It was a blast and it felt really good to get away for awhile! My life has been crazy hectic with work, I just got done with an 11 day streak before vacation. We don't even have time to put up a tree this year, so that's kind of a bummer, but we did get to decorate the hearth.

QOTW: Honestly, I can't wait for the new year and to say sianara to 2014! I'm really looking forward to finding a new job, it's scary, but I'm definitely ready for some change.

aswedishbee · December 2014

Thanks for the check-in, @LittleMrsW! I'm glad you had a good time on vacation - everyone needs the chance to get away from everyday life and have some fun. And new jobs are scary but scary things often turn into amazing things

AFM :: Puppy comes home Thursday! We're all set for her, too - bed, crate, toys, tags, collars ... even a Christmas sweater!

On a less exciting note, our timing wasn't so good as I'm all CD4 over here. We also got into a fight over the scheduling of BD and how there's no romance blah blah blah so we really only had one chance. Pretty sure I ended the fight with "People who want to get pregnant usually won't after one try." Such an a$$hole thing to say but I was heated and once I get started it takes a while to calm down. He tried to be sweet after but I was basically in alone mode for the next week. Sabotaged by my own emotions but whatever; that was last cycle and I refuse to let it happen moving forward. My cycle was 24 days this time (well, 25 if you count CD1 to CD1 like she said) so my acupuncturist wants to work on increasing my cycle length. Not sure what that entails but I'm assuming adjusting my herbs and working on different points during our sessions. Been pretty good about the new diet/lifestyle. and have kept the albs of bloat off even though I've been a lazy pig and haven't been working out at all. Definitely going back to Pure Barre after Christmas though.

LittleMrsW · December 2014

aswedishbee said:

Thanks for the check-in, @LittleMrsW! I'm glad you had a good time on vacation - everyone needs the chance to get away from everyday life and have some fun. And new jobs are scary but scary things often turn into amazing things

AFM :: Puppy comes home Thursday! We're all set for her, too - bed, crate, toys, tags, collars ... even a Christmas sweater!

On a less exciting note, our timing wasn't so good as I'm all CD4 over here. We also got into a fight over the scheduling of BD and how there's no romance blah blah blah so we really only had one chance. Pretty sure I ended the fight with "People who want to get pregnant usually won't after one try." Such an a$$hole thing to say but I was heated and once I get started it takes a while to calm down. He tried to be sweet after but I was basically in alone mode for the next week. Sabotaged by my own emotions but whatever; that was last cycle and I refuse to let it happen moving forward. My cycle was 24 days this time (well, 25 if you count CD1 to CD1 like she said) so my acupuncturist wants to work on increasing my cycle length. Not sure what that entails but I'm assuming adjusting my herbs and working on different points during our sessions. Been pretty good about the new diet/lifestyle. and have kept the albs of bloat off even though I've been a lazy pig and haven't been working out at all. Definitely going back to Pure Barre after Christmas though.

Sorry about CD4. I've had a couple of those conversations with MH that have tuned into blowouts. It is really hard to find a good balance when we are so worried about timing and hitting the window, especially when you've been at it for awhile. I totally get where you're coming from. The last few cycles I've really just tried to hit a couple times in the fertile window and call it good.

What kind of herbs is your acupuncturist thinking about? Have you run them by your doc?

Nikolie93 · December 2014

Hey @LittleMrsW! Thanks for the check in

I am glad you had a good time on your vacation! New jobs are scary for sure. I hope you find something you like!

@aswedishbee yay for the puppy! I so can't wait to see pics

Sorry for CD4 *hug*

AFM: Sadly I am not feeling better. I got over my two week sickness for a whole 3 days before it hit me again. I have no idea what's going on X(. My RE appointment is today and I am feeling pretty damn anxious. I know I won't get all the answers but I have been trying not to think about much (which has been easier while TTA since I don't have the TTC crazy brain) but this appointment reminds me where I am and all that has happened. Scared to find out if anything is wrong yet scared to have them say all is normal. Special kind of mind fuck that is.

QOTW: What are you looking forward to the most about the new year?

I am honestly just looking forward to 2014 getting the hell out of here and starting a new year. It has to be better

TheAerialist · December 2014

Hi Guys, and thank you to @LittleMrsW for pinging me.

I actually just got back from our follow up appointment with the RE.

They run a full gamut of tests, CD3 blood work,regular blood work, Councyl, SA, HGC (and then I needed to have a saline sonogram just to double check because there were some things they wanted to make sure about) but everything is TOTALLY NORMAL (except my vitamin D, so I am on supplements for that now). So the next step for us is straight to IVF or we can keep trying. We decided to keep trying, IVF seems a little excessive to me right now, particularly knowing that we don't have anything that is hindering us, it seems like maybe we just had a few runs of shit luck. I got a positive OPK on Monday, so they prescribed progesterone and we shall see, we DTD on Monday, but we need to do that again tonight for good measure.

So I guess it's good news? (or extra shitty news that it's just totally unexplained and who knows what will happen) but I guess we just move forward and hope all is well next time around.

@aswedishbee I am sympathetic. it kinda sucks. I don't tell him outright, but I do mention that we should make time that evening for some time together, but doing it on a schedule sucks. Sucks so bad. And it makes a bad situation worse when they act like you are imposing on them. :-(

@nicolie93 I feel ya, but I will say, knowing that everything is fine, I just have had bad luck, does end up feeling strangely good. Maybe for me, it's knowing i don't currently need more poking and prodding in the vag area that is the real relief :-)

Nikolie93 · December 2014

@McSarah1104 I can understand the relief of them not finding anything wrong. It will just be hard for me to write 3 losses off as bad luck and I may be scared to try again thinking they missed something.

However, I won't dwell on that since I have yet to see the RE!

Good luck to you *hug*

aswedishbee · December 2014

@LittleMrsW :: I can't recall what's in the herbal tea the acupuncturist gave me, but my doc is on board so we're going to revisit my status this spring (his son practices so I think he's familiar with a lot of it). Doc doesn't think I'll have any problems but he said that in May, too so I'm just trying to ride his optimism.

@Nicolie93 :: Do you think your nerves are causing you to feel/be sick again? FX crossed so hard for your apt. and I agree: TTC is such a mind fuck and (in my head at least) everything circles around and just builds.

@McSarah1104 :: Hopefully the good news of the testing sinks in and timing works out in your favor... soon!

I may have also thrown in something like, "at least you're getting some" ... I can be such a B (hence a - swedish - bee). Dear friends of ours said their TTC journey relationship teetered on divorce levels. I definitely don't want that to happen and I've been trying to "plan" all these "spontaneous" romps but ever since my cycle evened out after the MC,I think my endo is creeping back b/c I'm absolutely miserable (mind and body) for 2-3 weeks of the cycle and I'm so over it. and therefore definitely not in the mood for any lovin'. :-/

Also, I always forget the QOTW. I am looking forward to 2015 not b/c of anything specific but just because I am sick of 2014.

Nikolie93 · December 2014

@aswedishbee I am not sure if it's my nerves. I worry about everything ALL the time so I am not sure I am any more stressed than normal but I may be in denial lol

As for the "bee" in your name, I would have never thought it meant bitch!

I am sorry you haven't been in the mood. The whole thing just sucks *hugs*

aswedishbee · December 2014

Nikolie93 said:

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As for the "bee" in your name, I would have never thought it meant bitch!

the "bee" is a play off of bitch and my maiden name (started with "B") ... older family members think it's b/c i'm always buzzing around and my maiden initial. Why alert them to my real ways?!?

LittleMrsW · December 2014

Nikolie93 said:

Hey @LittleMrsW! Thanks for the check in I am glad you had a good time on your vacation! New jobs are scary for sure. I hope you find something you like!

@aswedishbee yay for the puppy! I so can't wait to see pics Sorry for CD4 *hug*

AFM: Sadly I am not feeling better. I got over my two week sickness for a whole 3 days before it hit me again. I have no idea what's going on X(. My RE appointment is today and I am feeling pretty damn anxious. I know I won't get all the answers but I have been trying not to think about much (which has been easier while TTA since I don't have the TTC crazy brain) but this appointment reminds me where I am and all that has happened. Scared to find out if anything is wrong yet scared to have them say all is normal. Special kind of mind fuck that is.

QOTW: What are you looking forward to the most about the new year?
I am honestly just looking forward to 2014 getting the hell out of here and starting a new year. It has to be better

I'm sorry you're still sick, that's such a bummer.

I saw your update on the main board about your RE appointment today, all I have to say about that is WTAF?! Why would your OB send you to an MFM?! I was seriously ragey for you. It sucks that you have to wait longer, but I hope the wait is worth it and meet a great RE!

LittleMrsW · December 2014

McSarah1104 said:

Hi Guys, and thank you to @LittleMrsW for pinging me.

I actually just got back from our follow up appointment with the RE.

They run a full gamut of tests, CD3 blood work,regular blood work, Councyl, SA, HGC (and then I needed to have a saline sonogram just to double check because there were some things they wanted to make sure about) but everything is TOTALLY NORMAL (except my vitamin D, so I am on supplements for that now). So the next step for us is straight to IVF or we can keep trying. We decided to keep trying, IVF seems a little excessive to me right now, particularly knowing that we don't have anything that is hindering us, it seems like maybe we just had a few runs of shit luck. I got a positive OPK on Monday, so they prescribed progesterone and we shall see, we DTD on Monday, but we need to do that again tonight for good measure.

So I guess it's good news? (or extra shitty news that it's just totally unexplained and who knows what will happen) but I guess we just move forward and hope all is well next time around.

@aswedishbee I am sympathetic. it kinda sucks. I don't tell him outright, but I do mention that we should make time that evening for some time together, but doing it on a schedule sucks. Sucks so bad. And it makes a bad situation worse when they act like you are imposing on them. :-(

@nicolie93 I feel ya, but I will say, knowing that everything is fine, I just have had bad luck, does end up feeling strangely good. Maybe for me, it's knowing i don't currently need more poking and prodding in the vag area that is the real relief :-)

Well I'm glad everything is looking good and and healthy, I guess it's kind of an oxymoron, trying to find answers and being told it's dumb luck. On the bright side, I'm sure you have a happy vag!

Nikolie93 · December 2014

Thanks @LittleMrsW I have no freaking idea why they sent me there. The part that pisses me off even more is that they said that's their normal procedure. I would think it may be normal if someone happened to be pregnant...which I am not.

So now I wait another month.

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