@PrettyPalomino omg, I would slap your sister. My SIL got KTFU on their first try and had a successful pregnancy, and that is why I have refused to reach out to her at all. She wouldn't understand. Sorry you have to deal with the insensitive comments.
@OrangeEv welcome back! Sorry you had a rough cycle.
@PeggyOlsonFTW does your acupuncturist play music or wave sounds or anything? When I went for the first time, she had a waves/music track playing so I tried to just focus on listening to that.
R/R/CS: We're going outlet shopping today! Also, I've given up on trying to predict my O day, so we're just going to HIO every day until I see a temp shift. I don't think this is going to be fun.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? I don't cook... but DH makes a great asian steak salad that's super healthy.
Edited because TB thought the enter key meant post? Go home TB, your'e drunk.
@MissAmeliaPond She does play really calming music and has aromatherapy going too. I don't think I realized I was gonna be sitting there so long. Now at least I know what to expect for next time.
@MissAmeliaPond Hiya! I've been hiding in background, participating every now and then. I haven't been participating in the TTGP board as much this month but you guys aren't rid of me just yet .
I never thought I'd feel the sting from insensitive comments re: TTC but now that I'm in cycle 4 I'm starting to feel emotional about not having the quick success I thought I was "entitled to", being young and healthy and all... Young&Healthy =/= super fertility.
My sister is basically a bull in a china shop on a good day; she will go to all lengths to be "right", even if it means low blows. My knee jerk reaction is always to cut her out, but really I just need to tolerate and shut up. She has NO idea how reckless she is, and the more I react, the quicker she turns into the victim. *Sigh*
Me: 33 | DH: 34
TTC #1 Oct 2015
BFP Mar 26, 2016 - DD born Nov 2016 TTC #2 since Mar 2017 DX: MF June 2019, varicocele embolization Jan 2020, good improvement (14 mil, low motility) IUI#1 Aug 2020 - BFN IVF #1 Dec 2020 (ICSI) - ER, freeze-all - 15 retrieved, 15 mature, 15 fertilized. 4 embryos frozen, all day 5 blasts! FET #1 Feb 2021 - BFN FET #2 Apr 2021 - BFP 5DP5DT!! Beta #1 13DP5DT (17DPO) = HcG 1,238. Beta #2 17DP5DT (21DPO) = HcG 8,269
WAYDTGKU: PNV's + calcium, ALL the charting...trying to avoid the ibuprofen I've been taking post root canal re-treat because apparently it can mess with implantation? Yikes. Also, I told hubby I was leaving BD'ing up to him today, since we've really been going hard and yesterday was an EWCM day. He already tells me I'm milking him for a baby!
R/R/CS: Just waiting patiently to O. I thought I'd get an elevated temp this morning, but nerp. Maybe tomorrow.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? I've got this great recipe for Mexican vegetable soup with hominy that I like to make.
Me: 31 | DH: 31
Together since 2003 | Married 2010 TTC #1 January 2016 BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016 Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018 BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
R/R/CS: I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but it is now day 6 of flashing smileys. It is like an evil little face just dancing around taunting me. I really thought I would get a solid smiley today. CD 13 is the latest I've seen the solid smiley in the past, so this cycle will be the latest for me assuming I will see one.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Really anything involving pasta. Trying a new lemon and pesto pasta dish tonight.
A little more energy to get in at least some chatter!
@sarah0985 That salad sounds fantastic, I need to try it!
@PrettyPalomino I would scream! In my head because I hate confrontation. I'm sorry your sis is being such a b. People seem to really think they belong in other people's bedrooms, I don't get it. Maybe there was some misplaced good intention in there.
@LizaKate1213 what kind of work do you do? I am hoping I can financially handle transitioning to per diem after have a little one!
@BusinessWife Sorry to see you here!! I'm dropping soda this cycle and doing green tea and water instead. If this cycle doesn't work out I'm thinking of jumping on the OPK train next cycle - hope they work for you!
@BusinessWife I did Blue Apron a few weeks ago and am going to again soon. I really liked it. The recipes are delicious and pretty healthy and it's so so so nice to have the ingredients delivered to your door. My one major issue with it is that there's not enough for leftovers. When I cook, I make enough so that DH can bring some for lunch the next day, and there's just no doing that on the Blue Apron two person plan.
@khbear117 I am a psych nurse, currently on evenings 3-11:30pm and the hospital I work at is 40 minutes away. I get home at 12:15 on a good night, which is nearly impossible for DH since he has to be at work at 8am. Its my roundabout way of becoming a day shifter!
@LizaKate1213 Ooooo gosh, I don't think I could ever work in psych. I am an OB nurse, and thankfully I recently got on day shift. When I worked nights (7p-7a), I could go a full week without any interaction with DH. We would text eachother and some items both be home, but one of us was always sleeping opposite the other. I'm sorry for your schedule!
Hi! First timer in WTO! @PrettyPalomino You must have the patience of a saint to be able to spend time with your sister after that! I'm angry for you!!
Cycle/Month: 3/4
CD: 65 Ugh.
WAYDTGKU: OPK, PNV, will start temping when AF shows up...
R/R/CS: This is my first crazy long cycle since TTC. I can tell how disappointed DH is, especially since our best friends told us they were pregnant a couple weeks ago. Trying to just keep trucking along, waiting for AF to come back from hiatus (hopefully before I go to the Dr. on Friday!).
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Salmon and veggies, or spaghetti squash and marinara. I keep it simple around here!!
First time posting in WTO, long-time lurker all over the TTGP boards. Hi!
Cycle/Month: 4/3 (charting and off BCP for 6 months)
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: BBT, PNV, Wondfo OPKs, BD, just got Robitussin this morning after re-reading parts of TCOYF / grasping at straws
R/R/CS: Had a tough start to this cycle with one friend announcing her pregnancy on my CD1 (I am genuinely happy for her, though) and another on my CD2 ("Oh my gosh, can you believe I got pregnant the month after I got married, the first time we tried?! Let me tell you EVERY SINGLE DETAIL of the first 12 weeks!") (I am having trouble being genuinely happy for her). Feeling somewhat better now, though! Optimistic for this cycle.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Oh gosh, so many. I suppose my favorite is ground turkey -- seasoned to taste like Korean bulgogi -- over quinoa. And raw veggies.
@korycir and @BusinessWife - Love that you are both trying guaifenesin this month too! Hadn't seen many people talking about it on here so wasn't sure if it was worth trying. I was feeling a little bit crazy for buying it today and haven't even told my husband.
***Edited to remove mention of green tea -- a later poster pointed out that there may be negative effects; don't want to mislead anyone.
@khbear117 you have my dream job. I went into psych because it was exciting initially. Now it is simply draining but I feel trapped. Any advice on what I could do independently to boost my resume for our sister hospital (a huge women's care hospital)?
@LizaKate1213 I absolutely love my job and could only see myself changing if I get super tired of 12 hr shifts and holidays. I joined AWHONN and kept up on OB literature. I also networked with the ladies who worked in the unit I got my job in. I kept touch with them so I knew when a spot may open, and I'm sure it didn't hurt my chances of getting the job that I already knew several staff members and had positive relationships going already. It wouldn't hurt to take a beginners course in FHM - I didn't do this but it's something you would have to do when hired into L&D, so some basic knowledge would help.
I was working PRN in the hospital I currently work at, but on a different floor. If you're really not enjoying psych anymore, my suggestion for a long term goal is to grab a job in that hospital anywhere that sounds interesting! A lot of people get to L&D by another route like working a mother/baby or nursery unit.
ETA - also volunteer for any committee, council, project, whatever! That is ALWAYS a plus to a future employer!
R/R/CS: Not too much... lots of pregnancies being announced in our circle this month, and I'm genuinely happy for everyone... I just hope it doesn't stress out husband too much... I like to daydream about how if we get pregnant quickly the kids can all be friends... I'm anxious to turn OPK positive... have the wondfo strips, and they've been "test line slightly lighter than control line" for two days now... been testing twice a day lol.
GTKY: Thai food all day everyday... not sure if that counts as healthy though haha
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? I have so many favorites. Friday was Salmon crusted with wasabi peas and Boy choy, thursday was white bean chicken chili (essentially beans, salsa verde, and chicken) with avocado & chips on top. We like to make asian chicken salad with snow peas, mandarin oranges, roasted almonds, and a homemade sesame ginger dressing.
Me 34 DH 36 Married since July 2010 MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
TTC #1 since June 2015 Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved. Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature 5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP! May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019 July 2019 - FET - BFN Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
R/R/CS: Spotting finally stopped so I suppose AF has officially left for the month. Now I just have to wait (im)patiently for ~CD13 and I can resume my POAS addiction with OPKs. Planning to start SMEP around then also.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Baked Dill Salmon with seasoned red potatoes. And a sweet potato with a little butter for dessert maybe.
Me: 28 Husband: 31 TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016 Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
@cjt121413 Yes! It takes some time if you do everything from scratch (or you cheat and get a Greek salad from Panera and put it in one of your serving bowls haha) but it is so so good. Your quinoa meal sounds really good, but unfortunately DH is scarred for life after a bad gastronomic experience with quinoa in Peru. I guess there's nothing to stop me from making it for lunch though! @BusinessWife Thanks so much for helping me reframe it that way! I feel like I was part of the way there, but never fully letting go of this feeling that I was giving up on something - chocolate, more time in my warm bed in the morning (instead of going to the gym). Just have to remind myself that I'm choosing health, my future, hopefully my future child's health... Sorry to see you back on WTO. Very sweet that your H wanted a post-mortem. Mine is still very la-dee-da about the whole process Well, maybe it's because I'm always sticking FF in his face like, "See, we should have done it this day!"
Me: 36 | DH 35, Married 2007
TTC #1 June 2015 April 2016 - AMH, FSH, Progesterone normal June 2016 - HSG clear *TW* BFP - Aug16, demise confirmed Sep16, incomplete m/c, D&C Nov16 BFP 3/27/17, edd 12/7/17 DS - 12/9/17 TTC #2 December 2018 BFP 2/22/19, edd 11/4/19 DD - 11/1/19 My Chart
Loving all these dinner. I have thought about trying Something like blue apron or hello fresh, so good to hear the reviews!
Thanks for everyone's support on my BD mishap. It really was hilarious,especially our reactions afterwards. For a second we just stared at it with horror and disappointment and shame. Then I was like "Nooooooo! I wanted that!!!!!!"
@prettypalomino - so sorry about your sister and her insensitive comments. People who haven't been there just don't understand.
@reesaanne16 - wasabi pea encrusted salmon sounds AMAZING! Also, I didn't know about the recipe share group. I need to go there!
@missameliapond - that gif is the best WAYDTGKU response of all time! I laughed out loud!
Just a NBR fyi - I was also excited about checking out Blue Apron or Hello Fresh, but it looks like they won't be able to accommodate my food allergy. BUT Hello Fresh does post what food boxes they're sending that week, along with recipes. I already stole a few ideas for this next week!
ETA - thanks @strickland8052 for the gtky topic. Love seeing the meal ideas!
Me: 36 | DH 35, Married 2007
TTC #1 June 2015 April 2016 - AMH, FSH, Progesterone normal June 2016 - HSG clear *TW* BFP - Aug16, demise confirmed Sep16, incomplete m/c, D&C Nov16 BFP 3/27/17, edd 12/7/17 DS - 12/9/17 TTC #2 December 2018 BFP 2/22/19, edd 11/4/19 DD - 11/1/19 My Chart
@longliveregina Ugh, in a fit of research last night I stumbled across a number of sources saying green tea boosts CM! I also read on What To Expect that one cup a day can help make eggs more viable. But now that I'm looking up green tea + implantation, it looks like there was a study on rats at some point that showed implantation might be affected. Sigh. Guess I'll stick with water!
@YesOuiCan what negative effects of green tea? I know last time we TTC, a lot of the women on this board were recommending green tea. I hadn't heard/read any adverse effects?
Jumping in on the green tea convo.... I think the issue is that it's caffeinated. I drank it (not regularly or anything) before I was pregnant with DS but stopped as soon as I found out because I cut out all caffeine.
@JamieK1882 I had read it was good too and just got some this morning! Someone after me commented that it can cause problems with implantation, so I was responding to that. I've been looking into it more just now, and it sounds like green tea can be good while WTO (improves CM), but could possibly be detrimental during the TWW. I think I will continue having one cup a day until my peak day, then stop from O through TWW. But since it seems to be a slightly controversial topic, I won't include it in my WAYDTGKU.
@khbear117 thank you so much for the suggestions! I am also planning to start working towards obtaining my CLC this summer. Really appreciate your input!
Cycle/Month: Newbie and have no idea what this means lol I'm assuming 1/1
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: sex? only just started TTC so going to see how no planning goes for awhile. DH just had to look at me while ovulating to conceive DS, The joys of being 18, and not planning kids -.-
R/R/CS: AF showed up 3 days after I thought I had ovulated, that was annoying, Just came off BCP so cycle was thrown in a shambles
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Healthy? what is that? lol
Me - 22 | DH - 32 | Married - 24 May 2014 DS - January 2014
TTC#2 - December 2015
BFP - 6 March 2016 | MC Confirmed - 21 March 2016 TTCAL | April 2016 CP | June 2016 CP | July 2016
Cycle/Month: Newbie and have no idea what this means lol I'm assuming 1/1
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: sex? only just started TTC so going to see how no planning goes for awhile. DH just had to look at me while ovulating to conceive DS, The joys of being 18, and not planning kids -.-
R/R/CS: AF showed up 3 days after I thought I had ovulated, that was annoying, Just came off BCP so cycle was thrown in a shambles
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Healthy? what is that? lol
That is just however many cycles/months (because it's often different if you have longer/shorter cycles and such) you've been TTC. So if you've been TTC for 1 month and 1 cycle then you're 1/1. Or if you have long cycles and it's been 1 cycle but 2 months then you're 2/1. You get the idea.
If AF showed up 3 days after you thought you ovulated then you may want to consider temping. It will take the guesswork out of when you ovulated (past tense.) You'll see have to consider other fertility signs to try to time sex well for ovulation since temping won't tell you when you will ovulate. Although, I can understand wanting to just see what happens for a couple of months without worrying with temping and such.
Me: 28 Husband: 31 TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016 Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
WAYDTGKU: prenatal + DHA, temping (just started and have been dealing with insomnia and sickness so that's been a bust), no sex yet (we'll see how it goes, hubby is wishy-washy about TTC and I have low sex drive so....
R/R/CS: AF reared her ugly head early. This is cycle #2 of wonkiness - interesting since we're now TTC...Normally I'd be happy she arrived early, but I'm sick as a dog and
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Chicken salads or flatbread pizza
@PrettyPalomino I am so sorry about your sister!! Hugs!!! In totally feel you. My sister In law one tried to compare her slight thyroid imbalance to my thyroid cancer and then her medical bill from birthing her second to my medical bills from cancer! Sometimes people don't know when to stfu. Do something nice for yourself!!!!
Married May 2014 TTC Nov 2014-Aug 2016 Aug 2015 Dx: Thyroid Cancer and Hashimotos Total Thyroidectomy October 2015 Ovarian Cystectomy Nov 2015 CANCER FREE and resumed TTC Dec 2015.
Cycle 3 after treatment (9 months prior to treatmenr)
CD 2. And AF is already reduced to spotting only when I wipe. ?? So odd
Waydtgku: Pnv, can't bbt this month BC wenaremstill traveling through time zones and will be cold weather camping for a week soon. BC of the camping, opks forart of cycle will he tricky too so i not decided on that yet. Cm. EOD plans.
R/r/Cs: I'm so over this.
Healthy meal... Greek lemon chicken with sauteed kale with mashed purple garlic cauliflower. Yummo!
Married May 2014 TTC Nov 2014-Aug 2016 Aug 2015 Dx: Thyroid Cancer and Hashimotos Total Thyroidectomy October 2015 Ovarian Cystectomy Nov 2015 CANCER FREE and resumed TTC Dec 2015.
Re: WTO Sunday
@OrangeEv welcome back! Sorry you had a rough cycle.
@PeggyOlsonFTW does your acupuncturist play music or wave sounds or anything? When I went for the first time, she had a waves/music track playing so I tried to just focus on listening to that.
@LittleMissTimeLord Hi! I feel like I haven't seen you around in a while!
Cycle/Month: 5 (1 after CP)
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU:
R/R/CS: We're going outlet shopping today! Also, I've given up on trying to predict my O day, so we're just going to HIO every day until I see a temp shift. I don't think this is going to be fun.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? I don't cook... but DH makes a great asian steak salad that's super healthy.
Edited because TB thought the enter key meant post? Go home TB, your'e drunk.
BTW, love love love that gif!!
LFAF April Siggy: TV/Movie BFFs
BFP #4 1/2016, DD born 10/2016
I never thought I'd feel the sting from insensitive comments re: TTC but now that I'm in cycle 4 I'm starting to feel emotional about not having the quick success I thought I was "entitled to", being young and healthy and all... Young&Healthy =/= super fertility.
My sister is basically a bull in a china shop on a good day; she will go to all lengths to be "right", even if it means low blows. My knee jerk reaction is always to cut her out, but really I just need to tolerate and shut up. She has NO idea how reckless she is, and the more I react, the quicker she turns into the victim. *Sigh*
TTC #2 since Mar 2017
DX: MF June 2019, varicocele embolization Jan 2020, good improvement (14 mil, low motility)
IUI#1 Aug 2020 - BFN
IVF #1 Dec 2020 (ICSI) - ER, freeze-all - 15 retrieved, 15 mature, 15 fertilized. 4 embryos frozen, all day 5 blasts!
FET #1 Feb 2021 - BFN
FET #2 Apr 2021 - BFP 5DP5DT!! Beta #1 13DP5DT (17DPO) = HcG 1,238. Beta #2 17DP5DT (21DPO) = HcG 8,269
LFAF April Siggy: TV/Movie BFFs
BFP #4 1/2016, DD born 10/2016
CD: 1
WAYDTGKU: ugh...AF
R/R/CS: I just hate AF. But for a rave, I have the day off tomorrow!
GTKY: grilled chicken and a fresh salad or broccoli. Mmm broccoli sounds delicious right about now.
Eta: @strickland8052 I laughed out loud!
@PrettyPalomino sorry about your sister! That's such a terrible thing for her to say!
**TW**
Testing with RE October 2016
BFP 11/5/2016 ~ EDD 7/19/2016
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: PNV's + calcium, ALL the charting...trying to avoid the ibuprofen I've been taking post root canal re-treat because apparently it can mess with implantation? Yikes. Also, I told hubby I was leaving BD'ing up to him today, since we've really been going hard and yesterday was an EWCM day. He already tells me I'm milking him for a baby!
R/R/CS: Just waiting patiently to O. I thought I'd get an elevated temp this morning, but nerp. Maybe tomorrow.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? I've got this great recipe for Mexican vegetable soup with hominy that I like to make.
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: PNV, OPKs, BBT, HIO EOD, CM
R/R/CS: I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but it is now day 6 of flashing smileys. It is like an evil little face just dancing around taunting me. I really thought I would get a solid smiley today. CD 13 is the latest I've seen the solid smiley in the past, so this cycle will be the latest for me assuming I will see one.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Really anything involving pasta. Trying a new lemon and pesto pasta dish tonight.
@sarah0985 That salad sounds fantastic, I need to try it!
@PrettyPalomino I would scream! In my head because I hate confrontation. I'm sorry your sis is being such a b. People seem to really think they belong in other people's bedrooms, I don't get it. Maybe there was some misplaced good intention in there.
@LizaKate1213 what kind of work do you do? I am hoping I can financially handle transitioning to per diem after have a little one!
@BusinessWife Sorry to see you here!! I'm dropping soda this cycle and doing green tea and water instead. If this cycle doesn't work out I'm thinking of jumping on the OPK train next cycle - hope they work for you!
LFAF April Siggy: TV/Movie BFFs
BFP #4 1/2016, DD born 10/2016
@PrettyPalomino You must have the patience of a saint to be able to spend time with your sister after that! I'm angry for you!!
Cycle/Month: 3/4
CD: 65 Ugh.
WAYDTGKU: OPK, PNV, will start temping when AF shows up...
R/R/CS: This is my first crazy long cycle since TTC. I can tell how disappointed DH is, especially since our best friends told us they were pregnant a couple weeks ago. Trying to just keep trucking along, waiting for AF to come back from hiatus (hopefully before I go to the Dr. on Friday!).
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Salmon and veggies, or spaghetti squash and marinara. I keep it simple around here!!
Cycle/Month: 4/3 (charting and off BCP for 6 months)
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: BBT, PNV, Wondfo OPKs, BD, just got Robitussin this morning after re-reading parts of TCOYF / grasping at straws
R/R/CS: Had a tough start to this cycle with one friend announcing her pregnancy on my CD1 (I am genuinely happy for her, though) and another on my CD2 ("Oh my gosh, can you believe I got pregnant the month after I got married, the first time we tried?! Let me tell you EVERY SINGLE DETAIL of the first 12 weeks!") (I am having trouble being genuinely happy for her). Feeling somewhat better now, though! Optimistic for this cycle.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Oh gosh, so many. I suppose my favorite is ground turkey -- seasoned to taste like Korean bulgogi -- over quinoa. And raw veggies.
@korycir and @BusinessWife - Love that you are both trying guaifenesin this month too! Hadn't seen many people talking about it on here so wasn't sure if it was worth trying. I was feeling a little bit crazy for buying it today and haven't even told my husband.
***Edited to remove mention of green tea -- a later poster pointed out that there may be negative effects; don't want to mislead anyone.
CD:4
WAYDTGKU: waiting...
R/R/CS: I got the same temp this morning as CD 2.. Hoping I don't need a new thermometer...
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner?garlic shrimp with broccoli and pasta mmm
I was working PRN in the hospital I currently work at, but on a different floor. If you're really not enjoying psych anymore, my suggestion for a long term goal is to grab a job in that hospital anywhere that sounds interesting! A lot of people get to L&D by another route like working a mother/baby or nursery unit.
ETA - also volunteer for any committee, council, project, whatever! That is ALWAYS a plus to a future employer!
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU: sex, PNV, OPKs
R/R/CS: Not too much... lots of pregnancies being announced in our circle this month, and I'm genuinely happy for everyone... I just hope it doesn't stress out husband too much... I like to daydream about how if we get pregnant quickly the kids can all be friends...
I'm anxious to turn OPK positive... have the wondfo strips, and they've been "test line slightly lighter than control line" for two days now... been testing twice a day lol.
GTKY: Thai food all day everyday... not sure if that counts as healthy though haha
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM/CP, vitamins,
R/R/CS: none really
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner?
I have so many favorites. Friday was Salmon crusted with wasabi peas and Boy choy, thursday was white bean chicken chili (essentially beans, salsa verde, and chicken) with avocado & chips on top. We like to make asian chicken salad with snow peas, mandarin oranges, roasted almonds, and a homemade sesame ginger dressing.
Don't forget we have a recipe group!
https://forums.thebump.com/group/904-cooking-and-recipe-sharing-lets-talk-food
MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved.
Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019
July 2019 - FET - BFN
Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: all the things
R/R/CS: Spotting finally stopped so I suppose AF has officially left for the month. Now I just have to wait (im)patiently for ~CD13 and I can resume my POAS addiction with OPKs. Planning to start SMEP around then also.
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Baked Dill Salmon with seasoned red potatoes. And a sweet potato with a little butter for dessert maybe.
TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016
Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
Baby #2 due June 12, 2018
@BusinessWife Thanks so much for helping me reframe it that way! I feel like I was part of the way there, but never fully letting go of this feeling that I was giving up on something - chocolate, more time in my warm bed in the morning (instead of going to the gym). Just have to remind myself that I'm choosing health, my future, hopefully my future child's health... Sorry to see you back on WTO. Very sweet that your H wanted a post-mortem. Mine is still very la-dee-da about the whole process
April 2016 - AMH, FSH, Progesterone normal
June 2016 - HSG clear
*TW* BFP - Aug16, demise confirmed Sep16, incomplete m/c, D&C Nov16
BFP 3/27/17, edd 12/7/17
DS - 12/9/17
TTC #2 December 2018
BFP 2/22/19, edd 11/4/19
DD - 11/1/19
My Chart
@PennStateCait you could always try temping vaginally. Ours only weird the first time or so.
@houseofsetters cycle day 65? Ugh is right, so frustrating.
Question: a pp mentioned green tea. ??? I was under the impression I sound avoid green tea because it can interfere with implantation?
CD 4
WAYD sexy sex starting this weekend every day or every other day, preseed if needed, finally temping again as soon as af goes away, opks
RRCS none today. Saw star wars the force awakens for the first time! I loved it, husband was unimpressed, sigh.
Healthy
Honestly we eat a lot of fish because my ds can chew it even with his few teeth.
Thanks for everyone's support on my BD mishap. It really was hilarious,especially our reactions afterwards. For a second we just stared at it with horror and disappointment and shame. Then I was like "Nooooooo! I wanted that!!!!!!"
@prettypalomino - so sorry about your sister and her insensitive comments. People who haven't been there just don't understand.
@reesaanne16 - wasabi pea encrusted salmon sounds AMAZING! Also, I didn't know about the recipe share group. I need to go there!
@missameliapond - that gif is the best WAYDTGKU response of all time! I laughed out loud!
ETA - thanks @strickland8052 for the gtky topic. Love seeing the meal ideas!
April 2016 - AMH, FSH, Progesterone normal
June 2016 - HSG clear
*TW* BFP - Aug16, demise confirmed Sep16, incomplete m/c, D&C Nov16
BFP 3/27/17, edd 12/7/17
DS - 12/9/17
TTC #2 December 2018
BFP 2/22/19, edd 11/4/19
DD - 11/1/19
My Chart
@YesOuiCan what negative effects of green tea? I know last time we TTC, a lot of the women on this board were recommending green tea. I hadn't heard/read any adverse effects?
LFAF April Siggy: TV/Movie BFFs
BFP #4 1/2016, DD born 10/2016
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: sex? only just started TTC so going to see how no planning goes for awhile. DH just had to look at me while ovulating to conceive DS, The joys of being 18, and not planning kids -.-
R/R/CS: AF showed up 3 days after I thought I had ovulated, that was annoying, Just came off BCP so cycle was thrown in a shambles
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Healthy? what is that? lol
DS - January 2014
TTCAL | April 2016
CP | June 2016
CP | July 2016
That is just however many cycles/months (because it's often different if you have longer/shorter cycles and such) you've been TTC. So if you've been TTC for 1 month and 1 cycle then you're 1/1. Or if you have long cycles and it's been 1 cycle but 2 months then you're 2/1. You get the idea.
If AF showed up 3 days after you thought you ovulated then you may want to consider temping. It will take the guesswork out of when you ovulated (past tense.) You'll see have to consider other fertility signs to try to time sex well for ovulation since temping won't tell you when you will ovulate. Although, I can understand wanting to just see what happens for a couple of months without worrying with temping and such.
TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016
Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
Baby #2 due June 12, 2018
DS - January 2014
TTCAL | April 2016
CP | June 2016
CP | July 2016
CD: 1
WAYDTGKU: prenatal + DHA, temping (just started and have been dealing with insomnia and sickness so that's been a bust), no sex yet (we'll see how it goes, hubby is wishy-washy about TTC and I have low sex drive so....
R/R/CS: AF reared her ugly head early. This is cycle #2 of wonkiness - interesting since we're now TTC...Normally I'd be happy she arrived early, but I'm sick as a dog and
GTKY: What is your favorite healthy dinner? Chicken salads or flatbread pizza
Married May 2014
TTC Nov 2014-Aug 2016
Aug 2015 Dx: Thyroid Cancer and Hashimotos
Total Thyroidectomy October 2015
Ovarian Cystectomy Nov 2015
CANCER FREE and resumed TTC Dec 2015.
CD 2. And AF is already reduced to spotting only when I wipe. ?? So odd
Waydtgku: Pnv, can't bbt this month BC wenaremstill traveling through time zones and will be cold weather camping for a week soon. BC of the camping, opks forart of cycle will he tricky too so i not decided on that yet. Cm. EOD plans.
R/r/Cs: I'm so over this.
Healthy meal... Greek lemon chicken with sauteed kale with mashed purple garlic cauliflower. Yummo!
Married May 2014
TTC Nov 2014-Aug 2016
Aug 2015 Dx: Thyroid Cancer and Hashimotos
Total Thyroidectomy October 2015
Ovarian Cystectomy Nov 2015
CANCER FREE and resumed TTC Dec 2015.