What you're doing to get KU: nada this cycle, but temping, cm & opks to keep track
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: first day back at work after the foot incident. I'm nervous about having the boot on all day.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? New Kids on the Block all the way!!! It was my first concert when I was 11. I loved Donnie Wahlberg. Now I shun him because Jenny McCarthy. Ugh. So many reasons, ugh.
Month/Cycle: 2/2 CD: 1 What you're doing to get KU: Checking CM, new BBT arrives tomorrow!!! Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I'm actually excited my AF arrived today (5 weeks exactly after MC) ready to get on track GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Was- 98 degrees
Month/Cycle: 19 - apparently I can't do math. I was looking through my old FF charts and I'm at 19 not 18.
CD: 14
What you're doing to get KU: temping, OPKs, sex
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks:
I'm pretty sure I'm 1 DPO today based on monitoring appointment Saturday and my chart, but I'm going to stick around here and keep having sex to be safe.
What you're doing to get KU:Soooo I'm 99% sure I ovulated on Saturday, but I'll keep having sex every day until I get those crosshairs on FF! I'll hang here until they appear, then I'll make my move over to TWW. Eating way healthier, taking my vitamins, working out, and using MyFitnessPal again starting today, as well as drinking lots of water. OPKs are back to negative (as of yesterday) and CM is becoming more watery / disappearing.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks:I am really happy that I had lots of EWCM during the fertile window this cycle! And I also experienced mittelschmerz for the first time ever! Would have loved to have sex on Thursday and Friday, but travel got in the way... Just waiting on my crosshairs now.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band?Hmm... does Good Charlotte count?! I was obsessed. If I had to pick a pop boy band, I'd probably go with 'N Snyc.
Me: 26, DH: 41
Colin Patrick born on 4/29 via emergency C-section following 41-week induction
What you're doing to get KU: EOD sex (supposedly, except DH is out of town), OPKs, charting/temping, PNVs, water, exercise
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: DH was supposed to be back in town last night but flight cancelled due to tornados in area. Having fertile CF and so trying not to freak out that now he won't be back until tonite. If like last month, O is still several days away, but still makes me anxious.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Going with a classic: the Beatles
What you're doing to get KU: pnvs, temping, checking cm, sex eod
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: (full disclosure, TMI) sex yesterday wasn't successful and it's mainly because I seem to have an inconsistent problem with how tight my vag is. Last month, no issue, had plenty of sex, all worked well. This month, not so much. I think we started noticing the issue 4 months ago. Haven't really taken any steps to fix the problem except saving sex for when it counts. Pretty frustrating because I feel like I have no control over the issue. I should O later this week, so hopefully we can get some good opportunities going.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? I definitely shifted between BSBs and NSYNC!!
What you're doing to get KU: Sex, OPK, Temping, CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: So I think O is getting closer, my temps have been going way down so FX. This is my first month temping so I don't know if I naturally have a temp dip before or not. Last night I had some EWCM so I made sure we humped it out! Also my boobs are starting to hurt & my back was killing me yesterday.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Backstreet Boys. I lived, eat and breathed them. I still love them.
Edit: added things
LFAF February Siggy Challenge - "Favorite TV/Movie Couple"
What you're doing to get KU: BD at least every other day, checking CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: no rants here, although my lower back has been hurting since about 4dpo (today i am 7dpo). Feels like AF pains, but I'm really uncomfortable even just sitting at my desk at work this morning
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? NSYNC for sure.
Me: 31 | H: 32
Married September 2014
TTC #1 December 2014 RE appt 12/2015 CD3 labs normal | HSG 1/8/16 clear | H's SA excellent Dx: Unexplained Infertility February 2016, cycle 16 - cycle #1 with Letrozole 5mg + TI | Progesterone=20.6 BFP 2/24/16 - EDD 11/7/16 It's a girl! Isla Quinn born 10/29/16 at 38w5d via C/S -------- TFAS March 2018 RE consultation 8/2/18 Suprise! BFP 8/8/18 natural cycle | EDD 4/19/19 It's a girl! Afton Noelle born 4/10/19 at 38w5d via natural VBAC
Just wanted to tell you guys dh and I were at walmart last night and they had the .88 cents pregnancy tests! I started jumping up and down in the aisle with excitement. I bought 10. DH was so confused by my excitement. Happy Monday!
Just wanted to tell you guys dh and I were at walmart last night and they had the .88 cents pregnancy tests! I started jumping up and down in the aisle with excitement. I bought 10. DH was so confused by my excitement. Happy Monday!
w00t! I may need to make a Walmart trip this week!
Me: 26, DH: 41
Colin Patrick born on 4/29 via emergency C-section following 41-week induction
What you're doing to get KU: Nothing yet. Prepping to TTC soon.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I am so gd grouchy. I have no idea what is going on with my GD chart right now and it just makes me want to punch things. But instead I need to go be a good teacher for 300 students when school starts in 20 minutes.
GRUMBLE.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? I was a Blink 182 girl in elementary school. That sort of counts, yeah?
What you're doing to get KU: Sex, Temping, Advanced OPKs, CM checking, PNVs
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I'm almost 100% positive I O'd on Saturday {CD 18}. My temps yesterday & this morning are up where my usual post O temps end up. The last three temps have been: 97.61 -> 98.13 -> 98.32. I got the PEAK OPK reading on Friday morning so we had sex that afternoon. Couldn't fit it on Saturday {O day}. So I'm hoping O-1 is ok for timing! Anyway, just waiting for my crosshairs {FX tomorrow morning I get them} so I can head on over to the TWW.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? NSYNC will always have my heart!
@navegalejos- looks like we might have O'd the same day! FX we get our crosshairs soon.
Me: 37 | H: 44 **TW**
TTC #1: May 2015 IF DX January 2016- Me: Right sided hydrosalpinx Right tube removed: February 2016 Acupuncture + TCM: March 2016 BFP: July 4, 2016 | DS: March 2017 (39w 2d) TTC #2: April 2019 BFP #2: April 2019 | CP: April 30, 2019 (4w 2d) BFP #3: July 15, 2019 EDD: March 23, 2020
What you're doing to get KU: BD at least every other day, checking CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: no rants here, although my lower back has been hurting since about 4dpo (today i am 7dpo). Feels like AF pains, but I'm really uncomfortable even just sitting at my desk at work this morning
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? NSYNC for sure.
Hi! While you are more than welcome to post wherever you please, you should check out the TWW (dayoftheweek) threads ... It's basically the same except everyone there is on a more similar cycle to you then we are. The rants/raves section includes possible symptoms, etc.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: OPKs are being delivered today! Trying to decide if I want to test at work. Any tips for an OPK newbie?
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? 98 Degrees One of my younger coworkers had never heard an NSYNC song before. Way to make me feel old.
The first time I used OPKs, I made the mistake of only testing once per day (in the morning). I learned my lesson the next time around because I tested twice per day and had a negative reading in the morning and a positive in the afternoon! Good luck!
Me: 26, DH: 41
Colin Patrick born on 4/29 via emergency C-section following 41-week induction
@puppylove8910 -- YAY! And yes, I got a temp spike on Sunday and today... so maybe we'll get the crosshairs tomorrow or the next day and move on over to TWW! Did you want to share your chart, or add the link to your signature? I'd be curious to see!
Me: 26, DH: 41
Colin Patrick born on 4/29 via emergency C-section following 41-week induction
What you're doing to get KU: Temping, OPKs, checking CM, vitamins, BD EOD
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I thought I had O'ed over the weekend (positive OPK, EWCM) but my temperature dropped and still hasn't gone back up. So frustrating!!! Guess we will continue to hump it out until temp goes up.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? I was a BSB girl but I loved and still love Dashboard Confessional (do they count?)
Me 35, DH 37
Unexplained infertility and TTC since December 2014
February 2016 - May 2016: 3 IUI's -- all BFN
August 2016: IVF #1 (Lupron, Gonal F and Menopur) -- 12 retrieved, 9 fertilized, 3 frozen and 1 x day 5 hatching blast transferred -- BFN. Sent remaining 3 embryos for PGS testing -- 2 didn't survive thaw, 1 was abnormal.
February 2017: IVF #2 (Gonal F, Menopur, and Ganirelix) -- 12 retrieved, 6 fertilized, 3 sent for PGS testing and all were abnormal
March 2018: IVF #3 (Menopur, Follistim, Ganirelix and HGH) -- 14 retrieved, 12 fertilized, 4 sent for PGS testing, and 3 were PGS normal
May 2018: FET #1 -- BFN
August 2018: FET #2 -- BFP!!! healthy baby girl born May 2019!!
July 2020: FET #3 -- embyro did not survive thaw
September 2020 - IVF #4 (Menopur, Follistim, Ganirelix and HGH) -- 1 PGS normal
October 2020 - FET #4 -- BFN
January 2021 - IVF #5 (Menopur, Follistim, Ganirelix and HGH) -- 2 PGS normal
What you're doing to get KU: temping,starting opk's this cycle,sex.. lots of sex. I cannot bring myself to do CM checks yet, just recording observations instead.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: after not having sex during O last month, my DH wants to have sex every night now. I am worried its too much as everyone seems to recommend EOD. I will have to tell him soon we need to take a break in between!
What you're doing to get KU: taking pre-natals, temping, OPKs, sex about EoD
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I got my first dotted cross hairs yesterday!!! Then they went away this morning which I am actually excited about because yesterday and today I have had that glorious flashing smiley face and we had lots of sex over the weekend since it was my birthday so I am glad that might "count" as DH likes to ask me every time he finishes...
GTKY: NSYNC was my favorite boy band but BBMAC with "Back Here Baby" is just too epic not to mention
navegalejos- how can I link my chart in my signature? Been meaning to actually ask this question! Thanks!
Me: 37 | H: 44 **TW**
TTC #1: May 2015 IF DX January 2016- Me: Right sided hydrosalpinx Right tube removed: February 2016 Acupuncture + TCM: March 2016 BFP: July 4, 2016 | DS: March 2017 (39w 2d) TTC #2: April 2019 BFP #2: April 2019 | CP: April 30, 2019 (4w 2d) BFP #3: July 15, 2019 EDD: March 23, 2020
navegalejos- how can I link my chart in my signature? Been meaning to actually ask this question! Thanks!
On FF, underneath your chart, there is a "Share" button. Copy the "Simple Link" into your signature (just the link itself, not the <a href=" stuff on either end)! Hope this helps!
Me: 26, DH: 41
Colin Patrick born on 4/29 via emergency C-section following 41-week induction
TTC #1: May 2015 IF DX January 2016- Me: Right sided hydrosalpinx Right tube removed: February 2016 Acupuncture + TCM: March 2016 BFP: July 4, 2016 | DS: March 2017 (39w 2d) TTC #2: April 2019 BFP #2: April 2019 | CP: April 30, 2019 (4w 2d) BFP #3: July 15, 2019 EDD: March 23, 2020
What you're doing to get KU: sex EOD, temp and CM charting, prenatals, OPK
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: My temp took a huge nosedive this morning. Hoping that is a pre-O dip as I've had them before, though never quite this dramatic. Maybe O tomorrow, so will need to get busy tonite! Also I finally figured out how to post my chart in my signature (I think)!
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? It's a tie between Backstreet Boys and NSync for me.
January Siggy Challenge: Winter where you live
10/2014 - Started TTC #1 8/2015-Clomid with TI - BFN 9/2015 - Clomid with IUI #1 - BFN 10/2015 - Clomid with IUI #2 - BFN 11/2015 - Clomid with IUI #3 - BFN 1/2016 - Gonal-F with IUI #1 - BFN 7/2016 - Laparoscopic surgery - stage 1 endo removed 9/2016 - Gonal-F with IUI #2 - BFN 10/2016 - Gonal-F with IUI #3 -BFN. Diagnosed with elevated anti-sperm antibodies. 12/12/16 - Egg retrieval w/ICSI - 4 5-day embryos (2 grade A, 2 grade B.) 12/17/16 - Fresh transfer of one embryo; 12/27 beta = 141; 12/29 beta= 285. EDD 9/4/17 - MC 1/26/17
@puppylove8910 -- Awesome! I wish I had been better about temping at the same time every day... but travel / sleeping in a hotel screws with my chart like crazy. Your chart looks great, and it def LOOKS like we both O'd on Saturday. We'll see what FF says in the next few days!
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: We are officially TTC! We were going to wait until September, but over the weekend decided to start now! We're expecting it to take a while, just because according to my charts since coming off BCP last September I don't appear to be ovulating.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Never really had a favorite.
Joining this today as AF decided to show up unwelcomed yesterday. Pretty awful timing.
Month/Cycle: 3
CD: 2
What you're doing to get KU: Lots of sex, drinking lots of water, trying to lose a little weight with a food diary and healthy choices, prenatals, exercise, temping and checking CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Disappointed by AF showing up BUT the cool thing was that my temps acted exactly how they were supposed to on my first month of charting. Except for a few wiggly post-O temps, I saw a clear decrease on O day, a sharp rise to indicate post O and then a major drop yesterday. So that's always good! And I was happy with the length of both of my phases- follicular was 22 and luteal was 13.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? That's a tough one since I loved them all. Gonna have to go with N'SYNC though.
DH & Me: 26 TTC #1 Since March 2015 // DX Hypothyroidism at 18 // RE- October 2015
IUI #1 Feb '16 & IUI #2 March '16 (Clomid + Ovidrel)- BFNs // Medicated IUI #3 (Femara/GonalF/Ovidrel) May '16- BFN IVF #1 July '16- BFN // Hysteroscopy Sept '16 // IVF #2 FET Oct '16- BFN Currently on treatment break. Back to the drawing board- 2017
What you're doing to get KU: temping, OPK, tracking cm and BD every other day until +opk, then we try every day until I see the change in temp (last month I got -3,-2,-1, O and O+1...it was exhausting!)
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: It took me 12 months to get pregnant with my son, and I was REALLY hoping it would be super easy this time.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Backstreet Boys is the only appropriate answer here. I will judge you if you say otherwise. (I may or may not have been a super fan as a teenager, and may or may not have been in a huge book about their fans................)
Me: 31 SO: 34
TTC since January 1, 2015. Together we have three boys who are 4 (mine), 7 (his) and 10 (his).
CP (July 2015) and M/C @ 5w (Feb. 2016)
DX Unexplained Secondary Infertility
3 rounds of Clomid - BFNs (Nov/Dec '15, May '16) 2 IUIs - BFNs (May & June '17) IVF August 2017 - BFP!! First Beta - 365
What you're doing to get KU: sex everyday during fertile window - or at least tried. Opk, cm, cp, etc
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: so I am pretty sure today is O day. Had a positive opk yesterday and today temp is down. Had lots of sex -4,-3,-2 but then DH got the stomach flu so no sex yesterday and highly doubtful tonight.
Me: 30 DH: 31 Dating 02/04/2004 Married 08/11/2012 TTC 08/2014 BFP 01/01/2015 MMC 10 weeks 02/16/15 BFP 06/18/2015 DS Born 02/28/2016
What you're doing to get KU: lots of sex. Making a halfhearted attempt to track CM.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: my plans yesterday kinda imploded on me but I got to end my night with sex for the 2nd night in a row and I'm pretty sure I'm in my fertile window so...yay!
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? I'd have to say n'sync or 98 degrees as my favorite. Does anyone else remember LFO or O'town? Lol!
Re: WTO MONDAY
CD: 15
What you're doing to get KU: sex, opks, checking cm, temping
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: None right now just hoping to O soon and move to tww
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band?
While there are so many to love, I'd have to say 98 Degrees.
MC June 2015
MC January 2016
Compound Hetero MTHFR Gene Mutation
CD: 15
What you're doing to get KU: nada this cycle, but temping, cm & opks to keep track
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: first day back at work after the foot incident. I'm nervous about having the boot on all day.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band?
New Kids on the Block all the way!!! It was my first concert when I was 11. I loved Donnie Wahlberg. Now I shun him because Jenny McCarthy. Ugh. So many reasons, ugh.
CD: 1
What you're doing to get KU: Checking CM, new BBT arrives tomorrow!!!
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I'm actually excited my AF arrived today (5 weeks exactly after MC) ready to get on track
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Was- 98 degrees
MC June 2015
MC January 2016
Compound Hetero MTHFR Gene Mutation
CD: 14
What you're doing to get KU: temping, OPKs, sex
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks:
I'm pretty sure I'm 1 DPO today based on monitoring appointment Saturday and my chart, but I'm going to stick around here and keep having sex to be safe.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band?
*NSYNC
Me (26) Him (27)
21 cycles TTC
CD: 18
What you're doing to get KU: Soooo I'm 99% sure I ovulated on Saturday, but I'll keep having sex every day until I get those crosshairs on FF! I'll hang here until they appear, then I'll make my move over to TWW. Eating way healthier, taking my vitamins, working out, and using MyFitnessPal again starting today, as well as drinking lots of water. OPKs are back to negative (as of yesterday) and CM is becoming more watery / disappearing.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I am really happy that I had lots of EWCM during the fertile window this cycle! And I also experienced mittelschmerz for the first time ever! Would have loved to have sex on Thursday and Friday, but travel got in the way... Just waiting on my crosshairs now.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Hmm... does Good Charlotte count?! I was obsessed. If I had to pick a pop boy band, I'd probably go with 'N Snyc.
MC June 2015
MC January 2016
Compound Hetero MTHFR Gene Mutation
CD: 19
What you're doing to get KU: BD at least every other day, checking CM, Temping
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Happy to have starting temping finally to see when I O. Bought TCOYF and excited to start reading it tonight!
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Was definitely *NSYNC
Me & DH - 30
Married - May 2014
TTC #1 - March 2015
Me - 33, DH - 33
Married - May 2014
DH - Low Count/Motility/Morph - Varicocele vein x 2 - surgery (8/11) - success!
BFP - 10/10/15, EDD - 6/20/16 - It's a BOY!
Baby #1 - 6/29/16 - Lucas Christopher, 10 lbs 3 oz, 22.25 inches
Baby #2 - TTC May 2017
BFP - 9/10/17, EDD - 5/26/18 - It's a GIRL! - RCS May 22nd
My Chart
CD: 8
What you're doing to get KU: EOD sex (supposedly, except DH is out of town), OPKs, charting/temping, PNVs, water, exercise
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: DH was supposed to be back in town last night but flight cancelled due to tornados in area. Having fertile CF and so trying not to freak out that now he won't be back until tonite. If like last month, O is still several days away, but still makes me anxious.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Going with a classic: the Beatles
CD: 11
What you're doing to get KU: pnvs, temping, checking cm, sex eod
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: (full disclosure, TMI) sex yesterday wasn't successful and it's mainly because I seem to have an inconsistent problem with how tight my vag is. Last month, no issue, had plenty of sex, all worked well. This month, not so much. I think we started noticing the issue 4 months ago. Haven't really taken any steps to fix the problem except saving sex for when it counts.
Pretty frustrating because I feel like I have no control over the issue.
I should O later this week, so hopefully we can get some good opportunities going.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band?
I definitely shifted between BSBs and NSYNC!!
CD: 15
What you're doing to get KU: Sex, OPK, Temping, CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: So I think O is getting closer, my temps have been going way down so FX. This is my first month temping so I don't know if I naturally have a temp dip before or not. Last night I had some EWCM so I made sure we humped it out! Also my boobs are starting to hurt & my back was killing me yesterday.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Backstreet Boys. I lived, eat and breathed them. I still love them.
Edit: added things
LFAF February Siggy Challenge - "Favorite TV/Movie Couple"
DD: 10/17/13
TTC#2 Actively: 10/14, NTNP: 01/14
Left-Sided Hydrosalpinx (cause: genetic abnormality, TREATED 11/16)
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/396b04
CD: 21
What you're doing to get KU: BD at least every other day, checking CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: no rants here, although my lower back has been hurting since about 4dpo (today i am 7dpo). Feels like AF pains, but I'm really uncomfortable even just sitting at my desk at work this morning
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? NSYNC for sure.
RE appt 12/2015
CD3 labs normal | HSG 1/8/16 clear | H's SA excellent
Dx: Unexplained Infertility
February 2016, cycle 16 - cycle #1 with Letrozole 5mg + TI | Progesterone=20.6
BFP 2/24/16 - EDD 11/7/16
It's a girl!
Isla Quinn born 10/29/16 at 38w5d via C/S
--------
TFAS March 2018
RE consultation 8/2/18
Suprise! BFP 8/8/18 natural cycle | EDD 4/19/19
It's a girl!
Afton Noelle born 4/10/19 at 38w5d via natural VBAC
CD: 9
What you're doing to get KU: prenatals, excercise, OPK's, sex ED or EOD closer to O, temping
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Nothing too exciting. Temp Sunday skyrocketed because of my drunk fest Saturday...whoops!
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Backstreet Boys...*swoon*. N'Sync, 98* and LFO are close behind. Also loved BBMak
CD: 15
What you're doing to get KU: Nothing yet. Prepping to TTC soon.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I am so gd grouchy. I have no idea what is going on with my GD chart right now and it just makes me want to punch things. But instead I need to go be a good teacher for 300 students when school starts in 20 minutes.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? I was a Blink 182 girl in elementary school. That sort of counts, yeah?
CD: 20
What you're doing to get KU: Sex, Temping, Advanced OPKs, CM checking, PNVs
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I'm almost 100% positive I O'd on Saturday {CD 18}. My temps yesterday & this morning are up where my usual post O temps end up. The last three temps have been: 97.61 -> 98.13 -> 98.32. I got the PEAK OPK reading on Friday morning so we had sex that afternoon. Couldn't fit it on Saturday {O day}. So I'm hoping O-1 is ok for timing! Anyway, just waiting for my crosshairs {FX tomorrow morning I get them} so I can head on over to the TWW.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? NSYNC will always have my heart!
**TW**
IF DX January 2016- Me: Right sided hydrosalpinx
Right tube removed: February 2016
Acupuncture + TCM: March 2016
BFP: July 4, 2016 | DS: March 2017 (39w 2d)
TTC #2: April 2019
BFP #2: April 2019 | CP: April 30, 2019 (4w 2d)
BFP #3: July 15, 2019
EDD: March 23, 2020
Hi! While you are more than welcome to post wherever you please, you should check out the TWW (dayoftheweek) threads ... It's basically the same except everyone there is on a more similar cycle to you then we are. The rants/raves section includes possible symptoms, etc.
CD: 12
What you're doing to get KU: sex EOD, eating healthier (starting today, LOL), and prenatals
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Nothing here really
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? I have so many!! N*SYNC, Hanson, Simple Plan, Dashboard Confessional, and Blink 182
BFP 12/31/14, EDD 9/08/14 ~ Natural M/C 2/21/14 at 11.5 weeks
BFP 5/24/15 - EDD 2/4/16
CD: 5
What you're doing to get KU: Temping, OPKs, CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: OPKs are being delivered today! Trying to decide if I want to test at work. Any tips for an OPK newbie?
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band?
98 Degrees
Month/Cycle: 6/6
CD: 16
What you're doing to get KU: Temping, OPKs, checking CM, vitamins, BD EOD
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I thought I had O'ed over the weekend (positive OPK, EWCM) but my temperature dropped and still hasn't gone back up. So frustrating!!! Guess we will continue to hump it out until temp goes up.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band?
I was a BSB girl but I loved and still love Dashboard Confessional (do they count?)
Me 35, DH 37
Unexplained infertility and TTC since December 2014
February 2016 - May 2016: 3 IUI's -- all BFN
August 2016: IVF #1 (Lupron, Gonal F and Menopur) -- 12 retrieved, 9 fertilized, 3 frozen and 1 x day 5 hatching blast transferred -- BFN. Sent remaining 3 embryos for PGS testing -- 2 didn't survive thaw, 1 was abnormal.
February 2017: IVF #2 (Gonal F, Menopur, and Ganirelix) -- 12 retrieved, 6 fertilized, 3 sent for PGS testing and all were abnormal
March 2018: IVF #3 (Menopur, Follistim, Ganirelix and HGH) -- 14 retrieved, 12 fertilized, 4 sent for PGS testing, and 3 were PGS normal
May 2018: FET #1 -- BFN
August 2018: FET #2 -- BFP!!! healthy baby girl born May 2019!!
July 2020: FET #3 -- embyro did not survive thaw
September 2020 - IVF #4 (Menopur, Follistim, Ganirelix and HGH) -- 1 PGS normal
October 2020 - FET #4 -- BFN
January 2021 - IVF #5 (Menopur, Follistim, Ganirelix and HGH) -- 2 PGS normal
February 2021 - FET #5 - BFP!!! Due 11/6/2021
CD: 13
What you're doing to get KU: prenatals, checking cm, temping, sex eod, and opks
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: after a crazy weekend, it feels great to have nothing going on today.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. I had dance routines with my friends and everything...
CD: 9
What you're doing to get KU: temping,starting opk's this cycle,sex.. lots of sex. I cannot bring myself to do CM checks yet, just recording observations instead.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: after not having sex during O last month, my DH wants to have sex every night now. I am worried its too much as everyone seems to recommend EOD. I will have to tell him soon we need to take a break in between!
GTKY: NKOTB
Edited: typo
My Chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5a0da2
TTC: April 2015
Age: 30,DH35
Married: 2013
Not sure if they count but love Dashboard Confessional
Me (26) Him (27)
21 cycles TTC
CD: 19
What you're doing to get KU: taking pre-natals, temping, OPKs, sex about EoD
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I got my first dotted cross hairs yesterday!!! Then they went away this morning which I am actually excited about because yesterday and today I have had that glorious flashing smiley face and we had lots of sex over the weekend since it was my birthday so I am glad that might "count" as DH likes to ask me every time he finishes...
GTKY: NSYNC was my favorite boy band but BBMAC with "Back Here Baby" is just too epic not to mention
Me: 27 | DH: 31
TTC #1 | 12/2014
IF diagnosis | 12/2015
IVF #1 | FET 1/6/2017 | Transferring 2
BFP | 1/11/17
Ultrasound | 2/6/17 | TWINS!!
EDD | 9/24/17 | TEAM BLUE!!
No period or ovulation after going off BCP --> Provera | 2/2015; 4/2015; 6/2015 | no ovulation and no period without Provera
Cyclic Provera to mimic cycle | 7/2015; 8/2015; 9/2015 | no ovulation and no period without Provera
HSG --> tubes clear & DH SA | 9/2015
50 mg Clomid + TI | 10/2015 | no response
100 mg Clomid + TI | 11/2015 | no response
RE consult & unexplained IF diagnosis | 12/2015
5 mg Femara + TI | 12/2015 | AF 1/19/16
5 mg Femara +TI | 1/2016 | AF 2/17/16
5 mg Femara + TI | 2/2016 | AF 3/19/16
5 mg Femara + TI | 3/2016 | AF 4/16/16
5 mg Femara +TI | 4/2016 | AF 5/19/16
HSG --> tubes still clear | 4/2016
5 mg Femara + Ovidrel + IUI | 5/2016 | AF 6/21/16
5 mg Femara + Ovidrel + IUI | 6/2016 | AF 7/21/16
Looking into IVF Clinical Trials | Disqualified from IVF Trial 8/25/16
Saving up for IVF
Provera | AF 9/6/16
5 mg Femara + TI | 9/2016
IVF Consult | 11/3/16!!!!!
BCP | 11/7/16-11/21/16 | AF 11/25/16
Saline Infused Sonogram | 11/10/16 | Uterus is all clear
Egg Retrieval | 12/6/16 | 5 frosties
AF | 12/18/16
FET | 1/6/17 | Transferring 2 frosties
BFP | 5dp5dt | 1/11/17
Beta #1 | 1/18/19 | 1190!!!
Beta #2 | 1/27/207 | 27371
Ultrasound | 2/6/17 | TWINS!!
**TW**
IF DX January 2016- Me: Right sided hydrosalpinx
Right tube removed: February 2016
Acupuncture + TCM: March 2016
BFP: July 4, 2016 | DS: March 2017 (39w 2d)
TTC #2: April 2019
BFP #2: April 2019 | CP: April 30, 2019 (4w 2d)
BFP #3: July 15, 2019
EDD: March 23, 2020
**TW**
IF DX January 2016- Me: Right sided hydrosalpinx
Right tube removed: February 2016
Acupuncture + TCM: March 2016
BFP: July 4, 2016 | DS: March 2017 (39w 2d)
TTC #2: April 2019
BFP #2: April 2019 | CP: April 30, 2019 (4w 2d)
BFP #3: July 15, 2019
EDD: March 23, 2020
CD: 13
What you're doing to get KU: sex EOD, temp and CM charting, prenatals, OPK
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: My temp took a huge nosedive this morning. Hoping that is a pre-O dip as I've had them before, though never quite this dramatic. Maybe O tomorrow, so will need to get busy tonite! Also I finally figured out how to post my chart in my signature (I think)!
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? It's a tie between Backstreet Boys and NSync for me.
10/2014 - Started TTC #1
8/2015-Clomid with TI - BFN
9/2015 - Clomid with IUI #1 - BFN
10/2015 - Clomid with IUI #2 - BFN
11/2015 - Clomid with IUI #3 - BFN
1/2016 - Gonal-F with IUI #1 - BFN
7/2016 - Laparoscopic surgery - stage 1 endo removed
9/2016 - Gonal-F with IUI #2 - BFN
10/2016 - Gonal-F with IUI #3 -BFN. Diagnosed with elevated anti-sperm antibodies.
12/12/16 - Egg retrieval w/ICSI - 4 5-day embryos (2 grade A, 2 grade B.)
12/17/16 - Fresh transfer of one embryo; 12/27 beta = 141; 12/29 beta= 285. EDD 9/4/17 - MC 1/26/17
CD: 55
What you're doing to get KU: Temping & sex
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: We are officially TTC! We were going to wait until September, but over the weekend decided to start now! We're expecting it to take a while, just because according to my charts since coming off BCP last September I don't appear to be ovulating.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Never really had a favorite.
Month/Cycle: 3
CD: 2
What you're doing to get KU: Lots of sex, drinking lots of water, trying to lose a little weight with a food diary and healthy choices, prenatals, exercise, temping and checking CM
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Disappointed by AF showing up BUT the cool thing was that my temps acted exactly how they were supposed to on my first month of charting. Except for a few wiggly post-O temps, I saw a clear decrease on O day, a sharp rise to indicate post O and then a major drop yesterday. So that's always good! And I was happy with the length of both of my phases- follicular was 22 and luteal was 13.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? That's a tough one since I loved them all. Gonna have to go with N'SYNC though.
TTC #1 Since March 2015 // DX Hypothyroidism at 18 // RE- October 2015
IVF #1 July '16- BFN // Hysteroscopy Sept '16 // IVF #2 FET Oct '16- BFN
Currently on treatment break. Back to the drawing board- 2017
CD: 3
What you're doing to get KU: temping, OPK, tracking cm and BD every other day until +opk, then we try every day until I see the change in temp (last month I got -3,-2,-1, O and O+1...it was exhausting!)
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: It took me 12 months to get pregnant with my son, and I was REALLY hoping it would be super easy this time.
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Backstreet Boys is the only appropriate answer here. I will judge you if you say otherwise. (I may or may not have been a super fan as a teenager, and may or may not have been in a huge book about their fans................)
2 IUIs - BFNs (May & June '17)
IVF August 2017 - BFP!! First Beta - 365
CD: 18
What you're doing to get KU: sex everyday during fertile window - or at least tried. Opk, cm, cp, etc
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: so I am pretty sure today is O day. Had a positive opk yesterday and today temp is down. Had lots of sex -4,-3,-2 but then DH got the stomach flu so no sex yesterday and highly doubtful tonight.
Dating 02/04/2004 Married 08/11/2012
TTC 08/2014
BFP 01/01/2015
MMC 10 weeks 02/16/15
BFP 06/18/2015 DS Born 02/28/2016
CD: 2
What you're doing to get KU: OPKs, charting/temping, PNVs, CoQ-10, baby aspirin
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Nothing yet!
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? Duran Duran. I'm old.
CD: 12
What you're doing to get KU: lots of sex. Making a halfhearted attempt to track CM.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: my plans yesterday kinda imploded on me but I got to end my night with sex for the 2nd night in a row and I'm pretty sure I'm in my fertile window so...yay!
GTKY: Who is/was your favorite boy band? I'd have to say n'sync or 98 degrees as my favorite. Does anyone else remember LFO or O'town? Lol!