Trouble TTC

GTKY Monday

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edited January 2015 in Trouble TTC
I thought I'd do an MLK themed one this week, trying to keep it service related, since my guess is lots of us are involved in such things. 

1. Is there and organization you volunteer with regularly? If so how'd you get started; for how long? 
2. If you won the lottery or somehow came into lots of money what 2 or 3 organizations or causes you would support? (I know most of us would probably choose to give to MANY, but pretending we have a limit to number not money) 
3. Do you have a favorite MLK or service related quote? 
4. What's the most meaningful service or philanthropic experience you've had?
Me: 31 (PCOS) possible right tube issues DH: 36 (SA normal) 
Started dating in 2006, Married 2012 
TTC since November 2013 
First RE visit due to irregular periods: June 2014
Lap/Hysto to remove polyps, cyst and tube blockage 11/6
Cycle 1 (Dec. 2014) TI with Clomid, Trigger, & Progesterone CX due to no response
Impatiently Waiting CD1 to try again with Fermara Back on the bench due to giant cyst,
who know I'd ovulate on my own after a cancelled cycle and end up with a mega cyst :(
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Re: GTKY Monday

  • 1. Is there and organization you volunteer with regularly? If so how'd you get started; for how long? 
    Sadly, no. I'm a slacker in the volunteering department. I am planning on sending my Girl Scout cookie order to the troops overseas though. I just found out that you can order/pay for them and the Girl Scouts will get them overseas!! I was so excited for this piece of information.

    2. If you won the lottery or somehow came into lots of money what 2 or 3 organizations or causes you would support? (I know most of us would probably choose to give to MANY, but pretending we have a limit to number not money) 
    Operation Gratitude - Care packages to troops overseas.
    American Red Cross - Disaster relief services.
    PAWS - I love all the animals.

    3. Do you have a favorite MLK or service related quote?
    "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." It reminds me to stay gracious no matter what or who I am facing.

    4. What's the most meaningful service or philanthropic experience you've had?
    This may not count because it was a paid job, but I used to do case management in a nursing/rehabilitation home and I oversaw the psych and dementia units. Being able to help the residents get back on their feet and get involved in the psychosocial world was extremely rewarding. I miss my residents.

    Me: 28  MH:35

    Married September 2012. TTC since September 2013

    June 2014 - Dx w/ significant PCOS and referred to RE.

    July/August 2014 - Testing complete: Testosterone & AMH very high, FSH slightly high, Vitamin D low, tubes and lining all lovely. DH SA: A+

    Cycle 1 (Nov 2014): 2.5 mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI = BFN

    Cycle 2 (Dec 2014): 5 mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI - BFN

    Cycle 3 (Jan 2015): 5mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI - BFN

    WTF consult scheduled for 1/29

  • 1. Is there and organization you volunteer with regularly? If so how'd you get started; for how long? 
    Where I work I run a monthly Teens Volunteer program, I have been doing this for the past 4 years and I have to say it's the most rewarding thing.  This year I have based all of our activities around a Rescue Mission in our town and I have found it the most rewarding experience.  Last year most of our activities were based around an organization that was started by a local family who lost their son who was a Marine in the line of duty.  

    2. If you won the lottery or somehow came into lots of money what 2 or 3 organizations or causes you would support? (I know most of us would probably choose to give to MANY, but pretending we have a limit to number not money) 
    Seeing Eye Dog Foundation
    Make-A-Wish
    Just Like Me and "I Matter" Project (a local project to build self esteem and stop destructive decision making in teens)

    3. Do you have a favorite MLK or service related quote? 
    "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

    4. What's the most meaningful service or philanthropic experience you've had?
    It refers to question 1.  All of my meaningful experiences have stemmed from this volunteer program I run.  But the most meaningful was the "I Matter" Project where youth in the community come together and learn about one another and learn how to build up their self worth through photographing each other and writing a personal "I Matter" Statement that goes with their image.  The images are than blown up large scale and hung in public places throughout the community to show the community that youth do make a difference.  I had one young man that I have known since he was 3 and has always been a shy and quiet person, during the 6 months that we were doing the project, he came out of his shell and spoke about the project at PTA meetings, School board meetings and local association meetings.. That to me was the biggest accomplishment of the entire project.  
    Me: 40  
    TTC #1: 3 years
    Me: Type II Diabetic
    Started with RE 11/2014
    Going through IUI with Donor Sperm


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  • 1. Is there and organization you volunteer with regularly? If so how'd you get started; for how long?  I help organize school-based support for the local mobile food truck and food pantry.  I help coordinate drives that happen in the two schools I work in, chaperone student volunteers, call families for holiday meal baskets, etc.  I'm going on two years now of doing this.  It started when I had the son of the executive director of the MFT/food bank.  

    2. If you won the lottery or somehow came into lots of money what 2 or 3 organizations or causes you would support? The local food pantry/mobile food truck, something involving the local animal shelter, and Alzheimer's.

    3. Do you have a favorite MLK or service related quote?  

    “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”


    4. What's the most meaningful service or philanthropic experience you've had?  Last year, my students raised money to sponsor one of the monthly mobile food trucks in the community where I work.  A group of them also volunteered to work the truck in the pouring rain and 40° weather.  The people there getting food knew the students had raised the money and they were so thankful.  Many students afterwards talked about how many times they were thanked, received a handshake or a hug from someone that they carried food for, and they all said it was a life-changing experience for them.  
    January 3T Siggy Challenge: New Years Resolutions 

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    TTC#1 since August 2012
    Me: 38 | Hypothyroid - 9 cm Pedunculated Fibroid - Both Tubes Clear - Officially Classified as "Unexplained IF"
    DH: 35 | SA Normal
    Can't see an RE until April
    Unmedicated IUI #1 with current specialist - 1/15

  • 1. Is there and organization you volunteer with regularly? If so how'd you get started; for how long? 
    I've been volunteering at the Boys & Girls club for a couple of years.
     
    2. If you won the lottery or somehow came into lots of money what 2 or 3 organizations or causes you would support? (I know most of us would probably choose to give to MANY, but pretending we have a limit to number not money) 
    I would definitely start or donate to a Foundation to help others fund infertility treatments. I mean this is a cause  that is really close to my heart. Before I started to experience IF I thought about saving for my child's college fund, but I never thought I would have to save to have a child.
     
    3. Do you have a favorite MLK or service related quote? 
    I have two....
    "There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love"
    "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
     
    4. What's the most meaningful service or philanthropic experience you've had?
    I really enjoy fundraising for scholarships at my college.
    Me: +35 DH: +35
    TTC: Since January 2013 
    DX: PCOS. Severe Endometriosis, Unicornuate Uterus w/only left tube and left ovary, Pedunculated fibroid (on the outside of uterus) and Anovulation. All conditions diagnosed 8/13
    TX: Metformin
    DH DX: MFI - low morphology, low motility
    Ultrasound shows both kidneys in spite of UU. 
    HSG showed clear tube on the left side. 
    Lap Surgery performed 1/9/14 to remove fibroid and endo (Stage 3)
    • IUI# 1 June 2014 started 100 mg of Clomid - 7dpiui Progesterone: 13: BFN
    • IUI#2  July 2014 started 100 mg of Clomid - 7dpiui Progesterone: 5.75: BFN
    • Natural Cycle - so shocked to be in 2WW - 7dpo Progesterone: 15.5: BFN
    • Working with new RE starting injectables in late August.
    • IUI #3 August 2014  w/ Menopur: BFN
    • Finally ovulating on my own!!
    Waiting to start IVF hopefully
    **********All Are Welcome**************
    3T January Siggy Challenge: New Year's Resolution
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  • 1. Is there and organization you volunteer with regularly? If so how'd you get started; for how long?
    My DH and I volunteer for a local little league. I have been doing it for going in six years, my husband has been doing it for about 12 years. He started by Managing our nephew's t-ball team and never looked back. I was DELISH and originally volunteered to spend more time with my husband, but I grew to love it just as much as he does.

    2. If you won the lottery or somehow came into lots of money what 2 or 3 organizations or causes you would support? (I know most of us would probably choose to give to MANY, but pretending we have a limit to number not money)
    1. Breath of Heaven- which is an orphanage in Africa.
    2. Probably a charity that helps couples adopt.

    3. Do you have a favorite MLK or service related quote?
    "I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service way joy."
    -Rabindranath Tagore

    4. What's the most meaningful service or philanthropic experience you've had?
    Our Bible study group adopted a local family in need one Christmas. Being able to meet them and see the joy in their eyes when we dropped off all of the things we were able to give them was an amazing experience.


    Me-33 DH-36.
    Married 11/10 TTC 11/10
    06/11- diagnosed with PCOS 
    7/11- D&C and benched for a year 
    9/12-4/13-6 rounds of 50 mg Clomid- no sucess 
    6/13- new doc
    7/13-4/14- 6 more rounds of Clomid. 50 mg and then stepped up to 100mg- no success 
    5/14-7/14- took break waiting for new insurance 
    7/14-new insurance= new doc- actually a RE!!!! 
    7/14-HSG and blood test good-PCOS confirmed by new doc 
    10/14 looking forward to 1st IUI w/ Menopur. Blood Test= Negative
    11/14- IUI #2
    w/ Menopur- Blood Test= Negative
    1/15- IUI # 3 w/
    Menopur- Blood Test= Negative
    2/15- Self Benched this cycle
    3/15/15-Suprise BFP on natural cycle!!!! EDD-11/16/15

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