TTC Check In (1/12/15)

StacyLH24 · January 2015

Good Monday morning everyone!

Please share with us where you/your partner are at with your TTC journey.

******Please remember to refrain from posting anything BFP related in this thread. This is a safe thread for all of us on the TTC journey. Anything BFP related should be posted in a separate thread if you want to share. Thank you*******

QOTW: What is your favorite cold weather activity?

StacyLH24 · January 2015

@TwoMomsInTX‌ - I'm sorry that things didn't work out for a January cycle. It's hard when you're ready but your body doesn't cooperate.

@wittyandwaiting - I hope the Clomid helps!

@SheMarie82‌ - As @TwoMomsInTX‌ stated, a trigger shot is the only fool proof way to make sure that you ovulate. Even if you do ovulate on your own, the trigger helps a lot with timing and take the pressure off of you in regards to temping and OPKs. Good luck!

I am on the tail end of stimming. It's been 10 days as of today. I'm still on 450 iu Gonal-F and 10 units HCG. I'm adding in Ganirelix for tonight and tomorrow night. We go back Wednesday morning to see where things are at. I'm hoping to be able to trigger Wednesday night as my Gonal-F supply is bare bones at this point. Also, I'm ready to be done stimming and would like to give my ovaries some relief. The RE measured 12 follies this morning. On Saturday he measured 11 so who knows how many there are. He isn't quite as thorough as my RE. Oh well. ER would be Friday at the earliest.

QOTW: I'm not a huge fan of the cold weather, but C and I do enjoy snowshoeing.

LolaBelle515 · January 2015

Fingers crossed for everyone this month:)

We are at the start of the 2WW. I so prefer this half of the month to the first half...it feels good to hope.

My favorite cold weather activity is purchasing, planning, and going on a WARM weather vacation. It was -38 in Minnesota last week. We are insane to live here. Perhaps I'm also thinking of this because we just booked a Disney vacation for us and our almost 3 year old for the week baby was supposed to be due. I was so dreading April and getting through that week--this is a beyond perfect distraction and we're really looking forward to that time of year now:)

JGY · January 2015

LolaBelle515 said:

Fingers crossed for everyone this month:)

We are at the start of the 2WW. I so prefer this half of the month to the first half...it feels good to hope.

My favorite cold weather activity is purchasing, planning, and going on a WARM weather vacation. It was -38 in Minnesota last week. We are insane to live here. Perhaps I'm also thinking of this because we just booked a Disney vacation for us and our almost 3 year old for the week baby was supposed to be due. I was so dreading April and getting through that week--this is a beyond perfect distraction and we're really looking forward to that time of year now:)

One of my current favorite sayings ... "The air hurts my face. Why am I living where the air hurts my face?"

Glad you're gonna get out of here for a while in April. Sounds like a great way to get your family through that tough time.

channe9 · January 2015

Checking in from holiday in Portugal... I'm 11dpo after a the-office-is-closed-so-at-home-ICI but no big hopes left as I've had the signs that precede AF. Aside from that, the stress hormones from the bumpy flight over-- I'm a super duper nervous, panicky plane passenger -- would have made implantation nearly impossible. D'oh.

So now we have some decisions to make. We're strongly considering using a known donor. Just need to figure out how that would work...

QOTW: Planning warm holidays is definitely my wintery hobby. We're big fans of being anywhere warmer in January. Without much snow where we live, it's mostly more of the same except with more sideways wind and rain so staying in is another winter past time.

Officerofthelaw · January 2015

Good luck everyone. Sorry for the sad news.
I have been MIA. I have been working a lot!!! I mean a lot. So an update on me... Started birth control last week for IVf next month. I have a hysteroscopy on Thursday just to check my uterus out. As long as everything is okay we will move forward with IVf. I'm hoping the first time is the charm. With 6 disappointments and 7 month of TTC I'm definitely ready for some positive results.
I hope the best for everyone. I'll check back in after Thursday's results!

cassieann82 · January 2015

We are just starting out on the TTC journey and meetnforna consultation with the SD clinic next Tuesday. Kind of nervous because we don't know what to expect.

StacyLH24 · January 2015

@SheMarie82‌ - I was never on Clomid, I took Femara instead. I have heard the time taking Clomid being referred to as "the Clomid crazies" though.

StacyLH24 · January 2015

TwoMomsInTX said:
Any update @stacylh24?? Will you be able to trigger today and ER Friday?! Fingers crossed!

I was just getting on to update

ER will be Saturday. I have two follies which are quite large, and we will probably lose those ones. There weren't enough in range this morning for him to feel comfortable with me triggering tonight and I'm guessing that my estrogen level also didn't support that. So, back up tomorrow morning for u/s only and then I will know tomorrow afternoon what time to trigger and what time ER will be on Saturday.

I'm disappointed because we are exhausted from traveling back and forth, but I also want to do whatever we need to in order to get the best numbers possible. On the upside, no worries about needing more meds for tomorrow!

StacyLH24 · January 2015

Saturday is the day!

Himee33 · January 2015

@StacyLH24‌ Did you ever get your PIO order figured out with insurance or Freedom. I know awhile back you were having issue. Great news about Saturday!!

StacyLH24 · January 2015

Himee33 said:
@StacyLH24‌ Did you ever get your PIO order figured out with insurance or Freedom. I know awhile back you were having issue. Great news about Saturday!!

I did. I ended up going through a local pharmacy and it worked out just fine.

Now if I can just get a handle on all the rest of these meds! I have gotten conflicting information from two nurses and one RE about what I'm taking and when to start. I am so confused!

Turns out that I need a med for tomorrow that I don't even have yet. They keep telling me to take an antibiotic that I don't have because the RE said I don't need it since I've been on an antibiotic for several weeks now. He told me PIO doesn't start until after transfer and the nurse said Sunday. And I'm supposed to take Benadryl three times a day up until the pregnancy test. I have no tolerance for meds like that, so I'm not sure how I will even function for two weeks. She said to take as many as I can. I'm not even sure when I'm supposed to start that and another med that goes with it for three days.

I have a list of questions to ask before they knock me out tomorrow morning.

Sorry for that rant, just needed to get it out to others who would understand.
This has been one heck of a cycle so far. I hope it's a good sign....

channe9 · January 2015

@StacyLH24 You'd think everyone telling you to take medicines could get together and make you an hour-by-hour chart and then agree to keep the message consistent. Yeesh! If/when we decide to make the jump to IVF, I don't know how I'll cope! I felt super wonky taking guafinesin (with no other ingredients) three times a day for increased CM.

Everything crossed for you! Will be thinking of you tomorrow.

StacyLH24 · January 2015

@channe9 - Thank you. My first IVF cycle was in July and it was a breeze med wise in comparison to this one.

Himee33 · January 2015

@StacyLH24‌ Woah! Sounds like the nurses and your RE need to get together and get on the same page about your medication! I would be irritated! I've never heard of taking Benadryl after your transfer. Hopefully they get their junk together today! Fingers crossed for a smooth ER tomorrow!

So happy you got your PIO figured out. I was going through my leftover medication to see if I had any to donate to my RE clinic and I found 6 boxes of PIO I ordered from Freedom and I guess I forgot about. I kept them just in case you didn't get any. I was going to send them to you

StacyLH24 · January 2015

@Himee33‌ - Thank you for thinking of me. I have three bottles right now, which is enough to get me through beta.

@TwoMomsInTX‌ - Thank you. I will get my fert report on Sunday.

I'm hoping for smooth sailing tomorrow morning and lots of sleeping tomorrow afternoon. And lots of mature eggs!

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