GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet?
Angel Babies 1&2 2/14/09 DS born 3/11 Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!! divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started) Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!! Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18 TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
Testing: I caved last night despite having cramps... BFN
R/R/CS: Temp dropped this morning and I've got cramps that could choke a horse... waiting for AF, probably today, so I can move over to WTO...
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? He started working in my office as a IT Systems Admin contractor a month after I started in accounting. Within a few months he was permanent and we were best friends. I was completing my divorce and he was just starting his... misery loves company? lol j/k
Angel Babies 1&2 2/14/09 DS born 3/11 Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!! divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started) Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!! Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18 TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
Testing: Ran out of wondfos and FRERs so all I've got are digitals. This morning's was a BFN
R/R/CS: Temp shot back up this morning by a lot. I don't know what to think anymore.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? I think this is a great question and I'm glad you stole it from WTO @ladystinson My DH and I went to PSU together. We met in the first week of classes at Beaver Stadium. I had befriended his best friend and so that's who introduced us. We didn't start dating until about a year after that though. Been together over 8 years now
Me: 28 DH: 28
TTC #1 since Nov. 2015 Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
IVF Cycle #2 March 2017 - 5R·4M·3F - Transferred 1 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
R/R/CS: My line eyes are getting so bad. Today's test was clearly negative but I wanted to see a squinter so bad. Between the lack of sleep and 2am testing, I got my hopes up way too high. DH is going to let me pick put some FRERs today since my progesterone runs out in 4 days and I need a definitive answer on needing a prescription refill ASAP or not. Feeling out but still a little hopeful.
Also, my dog was being such a TW yesterday because his stomach was all messed up. So I made him eggs last night. He's feeling better GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? Oddly enough I just came out of a long relationship and was hanging out with a guy that I was interested in. We wen't to a hookah bar to hang out with some of his friends and I met DH there. I feel bad for the other guy, but DH and I hit it off so well that I ended up breaking off things with his friend so I could date him instead. There were definitely some hard feelings but it all worked itself out.
Testing: Trying my best to hold off until the 6th ( 13DPO) but maybe will start testing Monday at 11DPO . Trying to stay strong!
R/R/CS: I am pretty proud of myself lately. We have been really been doing well putting away more money than we have been, and I am doing really well not being tempted to dip into it. While we save , it is really hard to not want to splurge. Lately , I havnt even wanted to . Trying to save for a bigger house!
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet?
DH and I met through a mutual friend in HS in 2003. He was at the end of his Junior year, I was at the end of my Sophomore year. We did not go to the same HS. They knew each other through youth group at church (DH only went to please mom) . We both officially met at said mutual friends graduation party. We exchanged "AIM" screen names. The rest is history really. We spoke that night, and every night after. Had our first date 4 days later. Officially started dating as few days after that. We have been together ever since. We have never split up either. We got married in 2009.
Month/cycle: I actually sat and counted this time...sorry I over estimated yesterday lol. 21/22
CD/DPO: 22/11
Timing: -2, IUI
Testing: probably tomorrow or Saturday. I feel like by Saturday (13dpiui) I should turn a test if I'm KU
R/R/CS: so yesterday in WTF Wednesday @nwegman7878and I were talking about our dogs being jerks. Well last night I let mine out back for awhile. I heard one of the barking, but didn't think anything of it, because they're a-holes and always bark. When I went to bring them in, one came in and my beagle looked like he was playing with a toy, and I saw fluff in the yard. Thought it was a toy or something....NOPE, they murdered a bunny I was SO upset and hormonal as hell with my fertility meds. I started bawling my eyes out, called my husband who was at work (meanwhile he's trying not to laugh at how ridiculous I'm being). I kept asking them "how could you do this???" Needless to say, it was traumatic, but I think they were pleased with themselves. My husband kept calling Toby (the beagle) a savage. Like, don't they know I'm too emotional for that???
also other rant is that I take a bus into the city for work, and this guy sat next to me and totally invaded my space. Again, fertility meds=crazy, I was so irritated.
GTKY: I love this! We met in college. I actually was really really good friends with his older brother since I first got to college. My husband took a year off after high school, and then went to community college for a year so he didn't start at my school until what would have been his junior year, my senior year. The very first time I met him, his brother came over to my house (we lived across the street from his fraternity brothers and we're all really good friends) and my husband was HAMMERED. He was throwing snack mix around all over my house and acting like an idiot. The next semester I dated one of his fraternity brothers who had already graduated briefly. I ended up spending a lot of time with my husband that semester. I ended up breaking up with the guy I was dating right before spring break, and that night my sorority had a social with DH's fraternity. We made out in a frat house kitchen (so romantic) and have been inseparable ever since. That was just over 8 years ago. Nobody took us seriously, because neither of us were the best at relationships, but it just worked!
@canonmom413 AIM screen names Sounds like we are about the same age.
So I will be at our home inspection all day today but hopefully can come back later to check in!
Month/cycle: 2 / 2
CD/DPO: CD22 / 5 DPO
Timing: -3, -2, 0
Testing: next week?
R/R/CS: The BCS is already out. I woke up this morning with the strongest cramps EVER. They were more like muscle spasms then normal period cramps. Of course tots a sign. Also I woke up at 3 a.m. excited about the home inspection and took awhile to fall back asleep, not sure if my temp should count. There was a drop today hopefully it raises back up.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? DH and I met at a party my ex-bf threw in VA in 2004. (We had already broken up) He was from MA and we talked on the phone, etc. for a couple of weeks but I ended up stopping calling back because of the distance. Then I went to visit my BFF at her parents' house in MA and they lived in the town next door so I texted him. I then blew him off for a week but he was persistent and finally the night before I left we met up. The rest is history and I ended up moving up here in 2005 and we got married in 2008!
Me: 38, DH: 36 Married Jan 2008 DD Baby Bells born Dec 2016 5 lbs, 12 oz, 18" so in love Due with #2 Baby Arya EDD February 2020
@ladystinson Sorry for the temp drop and BFN. I can only see your last two charts but do you usually have a 9 day LP?
PennStateCait Sorry for the BFN but FX your temp stays up!
canonmom413 Nice job on being able to put away some money. It's so easy to overlook day to day spending. DH and focusing on this right now too.
msirni0 OMG I'm so sorry that your dogs we're TW yesterday and killed a poor bunny. My DH would probably be proud of them for being able to do so, so I completely get you there. That's why mine's on a leash 95% of the time. I don't trust him at all. Last time he was left unsupervised on my in-laws deck, he was snout deep in grill grease. I love my dog but they can be total pains.
leksiL Gotta love when the BSC starts early. Just try to keep it at bay so you don't go poor POAS like I do.
Testing: Daily cheapies starting TOMORROW, gonna do an FRER on Sunday (11DPO)
R/R/CS: My cervix went from firm to softer the past two days. Good bloodflow is a good sign, so fingers crossed.
GTKY: How did you and DH/SO meet? OKCupid - it's like Amazon shopping for a partner! I had something about League of Legends in my profile as well as listing my languages as English and C++ (a coding language). He happened to do a search for LoL, and sent me a greeting embedded in a C++ snippet. We chatted back and forth all day, agreed to play LoL and Skype that evening, and when we were done he hit me with the line, "Okay, I haven't had dinner yet, so I'm going to eat an entire frozen pizza and a Klondike bar." Be still my heart! I invited him out to burgers instead. Within two weeks he asked me to move in with him and we've been avoiding frozen pizza ever since.
Testing: Trying to hold off until 13DPO if no AF/Temp drop
R/R/CS: Thanks to everyone for looking at my chart yesterday! My temp went back up today and was the highest it's been this cycle, so it seems like my body was just playing games with me yesterday. I'm looking forward to acupuncture tomorrow so I can see if my pulse is still the same as it was on Tuesday, which would be a good thing!
GTKY: Kind of a confusing story--my mom's best friend, who for the sake of the post, I will call JL, used to work where I currently work. DH's mom also works where I work. JL told DH's mom that I had just moved to this XXX area of our city, and DH's mom said her son also lives there. JL said we should meet each other, so DH's mom told me to give him a call, so I did. He invited me to a Kentucky Derby party right across the street from where I was living, and that's how we met. We've been together ever since, and he proposed to me at the same place we met for the Derby party. I also still work with his mom, so I see here almost every day!
About me: TTC#1: October 2015 dx: PCOS & MFI IUI #1 w/Femara + Ovidrel June 2016 ~ BFP July 2016: Blighted Ovum IUI #2 w/Femara + Ovidrel September 2016 ~BFN IUI #3 w/Femara + Ovidrel October 2016 ~BFN IUI #4 w/Femara + Ovidrel November 2016 ~BFN IVF with ICSI January 2017 ~BFN FET February 2017 ~BFN IVF with ICSI March 2017 ~BFP--Twins Due 12/8/17 Team Blue X 2!
@PennStateCait Thanks! I can be a successful clepto at times lol @canonmom413 thanks for the hugs congrats on the successful saving venture! we're trying to do that right now ourselves, just getting started though. Hope it keeps going well. @leksil It is still early, I hadn't really thought about that but it is still early. The BSC in me wants to believe that is the elusive implantation dip and cramps. I say they're bad enough to choke a horse but thats really only because I don't normally cramp at all before AF. maybe one or two dull cramps. We'll see. I'm just so uncertain about my O date because of being sick. FX'd I'm one of the weird implanters lol
Angel Babies 1&2 2/14/09 DS born 3/11 Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!! divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started) Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!! Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18 TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
@ladystinson - Sorry to hear about impending AF & BFN, hopefully it's not what you think! @PennStateCait - I can't believe you are on CD33. I would hate having such a long cycle. Hopefully your weird temps are indicative of something good! @nwegman7878 - How does the eggs help the pups? My pup has stomach issues all the time. I can't figure out if it's because he eats rocks (he grew up abused. ) or if it's because he always licks the carpet (we shampoo the carpet a lot, but supposedly the stuff is pet safe?) Also, ADORABLE, OMG @canonmom413 - Good job saving, it's tough! I'm the saver and the shopper in my family... funny how that works out. But DH is always complaining when I freak out over pennies. Youth group is always a good place to meet people... I made a few bf that way. Ha. @msirni0 - He killed a bunny right after Easter? awww. I would have cried too. Also, I have seeing such high numbers for your Month/Cycle. @leksiL - Good thing he was persistent. lol. Mine was too, and I can't believe I blew him off. @TheJerilu - I love how you met DH. So cute. Love how he first messaged you. @beary67 - glad your temps are lookin better!
Month/cycle: 14/14
CD/DPO: 19/3
Timing: -3, -1, 0
Testing: None yet. Patience.
R/R/CS: We overspent this month. I hate sitting down to do budget and seeing we went overboard. Since we are trying to build a good cushion since IUI/IVF is inevitable for us, it hurts seeing we saved less than I intended. Most of the time I can blame DH and his fast food addiction, But I think this time it's because we moved and we had three birthdays... I thought I left room for that in the budget, but apparently not enough. Paired with still being upset about the bad news we received last week (bad sperm counts, less than 1% chance of us conceiving naturally) I am an emotional mess. It's a coworkers birthday and I really wanted to get her something small, but I just can't. I need that money for our baby fund. I feel like such a b* though.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? My best friend in college was marrying her high school sweetheart. They wanted to get married in their home state. I was her MOH, so I flew out and spent a week helping her get ready for the big day (in Vegas). I met her husbands best man and he hit on me and we spent a little time together setting up for the wedding and such, even an evening hanging out because the bride and groom wanted to go on a last date. He took me to a casino and taught me to play blackjack (even used his money!). He drove me back to her place after and we were talking about relationships and he told me he was dating someone because the groom told him I was dating someone else (WRONG, both of us were single). After I went back home (Missouri) he was texting me and asked me out. I said no three times before I caved. He immediately came to visit and we did long distance for a while. What a good man for hanging in there. The rest is history.... Ugh, I love love. I love all these cute stories.
TTC #1 since September 2014 Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI
(count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low
progesterone Check out my Infertility blog Check out my Infertility Instagram
Loss History (TW):
BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015 BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015 BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015 BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018 BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
TTC History (TW):
3 losses in 2015 Met with OBGYN in January 2016 Me: all clear, H: OAT November 2016: HSG = All
Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt
#1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17 December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC) Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA) FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018 May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus" FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019 Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two! Lost Baby A 02 July 2018 Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018 Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
Next Up:
TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. ER#2 ~Jan 2019
Testing: Still holding strong! Just have to make it through another 6ish days!
R/R/CS: TMI warning! Anyone else get super annoying ovulation symptoms? Even if I wasn't temping, my nipples let me know that I've O'd. OMG it's painful, and it never happened until after I stopped using the NuvaRing BC. It also drove me crazy at first thinking it was a pregnancy symptom. HA, nope just my body messing with me. But now at least I know for sure when I've O'd. It's still a little annoying, but I guess it could be worse.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? The first time we met was at a high school party. Long story short, he tackled me to the ground in an attempt to save me from getting run over by two drunk friends on a tandem bicycle. I went around all night telling everyone he had saved my life lol. Fast forward to two years later, I got hired in at a restaurant where he was a manager. We both were in relationships at the time, but over about a year we became really good friends, and those relationships fell through. We got flirty eventually, and then he asked me to be his girlfriend at the beach in the middle of the night. That was in 2011, I was 18 and he was 22. Now we've been married since June 2015, we have 6 fur babies (2 dogs, 4 rats), and we can't wait to be parents!
@nwegman7878 I'm locked out of my old profile on FF so I only have 2 charts right now, but I wasnt consistent on the old profile anyway. I'm usually a 13-14 day LP so 9 is short for me. Who knows. Also, when I caved last night DH fed into the BSC so bad because he also saw what I'm now chalking up to an evap line so of course the two of us were sitting there tilting it every which way to figure out if it was evap or a squinter lol
Angel Babies 1&2 2/14/09 DS born 3/11 Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!! divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started) Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!! Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18 TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
@MommyForTheFirstTime There's a few things you can do to combat diarrhea in dogs. Usually you want to give them bland food like boiled chicken, rice, eggs, etc. If those don't help, you can give them Pepto Bismol at 1tsp per 5lbs. It aids with throwing up as well.
R/R/CS: I go today for a progesterone blood draw. Hopefully my levels are up so I don't have to use those nasty suppositories.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? I went out one night with a girl that I worked with and her boyfriend and her boyfriend's room mates. DH was one of them. I thought he was attractive and we flirted all night long. After we left the bar I even went back over to his house (with everybody else) and hung out until like 2 AM. Finally I told him I had to get home and he walked me to the door and was just like "ok bye". I was like WHAT? I didn't see him again for A YEAR when we ran into each other at a new years party. That night definitely went better and we have been together ever since
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
@pennstatecait So you're saying you took a class in chemistry together haha ha ha ha I'll see myself out.
@nwegman7878 DOGS EAT EGGS!? I mean, my dog will eat anything and everything, but I've just never realized that a dog would be like, "Oh sweet, eggs, thanks mom". Very cute pup btw
@canonmom413 Heck yes and high five for good personal savings!
@msirni0 Man, nothing makes our beagle happier than catching a rabbit. We don't encourage it, but his instinct kicks in and it's all over. Thankfully, he at least does it quickly, unlike a cat.
@leksiL I love how much you resisted getting together with your partner haha. Glad the universe lined up for you
@beary67 That's a super cute meetup! At least you got the stress of meeting his folks out of the way!
@nwegman7878 Oh. Well he just throws up all the time. same idea?
TTC #1 since September 2014 Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI
(count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low
progesterone Check out my Infertility blog Check out my Infertility Instagram
Loss History (TW):
BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015 BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015 BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015 BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018 BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
TTC History (TW):
3 losses in 2015 Met with OBGYN in January 2016 Me: all clear, H: OAT November 2016: HSG = All
Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt
#1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17 December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC) Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA) FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018 May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus" FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019 Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two! Lost Baby A 02 July 2018 Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018 Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
Next Up:
TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. ER#2 ~Jan 2019
@nwegman7878 Oh. Well he just throws up all the time. same idea?
@MommyForTheFirstTime Yeah. Stick with bland food while trying to introduce kibble. Pepto helps a lot. Limit water intake but not to the point of dehydration. I usually just give periodic ice cubes. If it's consistent though, I'd talk to your vet and consider switching food as well. A number of dogs have a grain intolerance which can cause consistent symptoms and there are a number of grain free dog food options out there.
TheJerilu Yeah. He usually doesn't get any people food up there are a number of food that we eat that are good for dogs as well. Eggs, chicken, and rice and bland and easy on the stomach when it's upset. And things like pumpkin puree are great for digestive health. I actually make him treats with peanut butter and pumpkin puree all the time.
ladystinson I doubt you're out yet. A random 9 day LP would be really strange. And I love that you and DH analyse the pee sticks together. I haven't even told DH that I tested yet. I got tired last cycle every morning telling him it was BFN, so I'm hoping to just return with good news this cycle.
R/R/CS: yesterday I had such positive thinking about this cycle. Now I'm all negative Nancy. Just having a bad day
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? we met at a bar down the shore - I lived there year round at that point but had a shore house with a bunch of other people for the summer of 2009 - he coincidentally had stayed in same shore house with the same core people I had in 2009 but he was there in 2007 - so he knew a lot of people down there - from different groups of my friends. I may have been a little intoxicated when I met him and he overheard me asking one of my friends "who is this guy and how the eff does he know everyone?!?" So we had a shot of Jameson together, he left, tracked me down on Facebook and after the 3rd time asking for my number I gave in and the rest is history
@canonmom413 ahahahaha aim screennames! That should be a GTKY... "What was your AIM screenname?" My first one was puppylove523 but I'm pretty sure it was spelled in some obnoxious way like pUppiLuv523 or something. Then I was really into Good Charlotte and thought I was such a rocker in HS so my screennames were trying to be all rocker/dark/Hot Topic-y.
@nwegman7878 Sorry about the BFN, we're in the same-ish boat. I'm still hopeful at 11 dpo. I would give anything for a squinter. The amount of time I spend looking at the stick is insane. This morning when I had to take a digital it was almost relieving that I didn't have to spend 10 minutes interpreting it, bringing it into different lighting areas, tilting it this way and that.
@ladystinson I'm glad you're also in month 5 and also tested on 8 dpo this month. I feel like I should be getting better with POAS and holding out as the months go on but I just can't stand the TWW. I have no self control.
@msirni0 I would have cried too! and my DH probably would have done the same thing.
@LeksiL I was having the same feelings at 5 dpo and also had a case of the BSC. I'm still going BSC over here. I used to think I liked the TWW but now that I realize how crazy it makes me I think I've decided I don't like WTO or the TWW.
@TheJerilu FX for you! Also props for having the balls to check your cervix. Vaginas scare me so checking CM is about my limit but I so wish I could check my CP.
@beary67 Seems like our bodies are synced, mine was effing with me too. FX for you! Looking forward to hearing what your acupuncturist says! I just arranged my first appointment, can I ask how frequently they recommended you go? Trying to quote DH on a rough price now that I know the per visit costs.
@mommyforthefirsttime Yep, I ovulate later than usual anyway (cd 18) but I O'd even later this cycle because I was taking evening primrose oil to help my CM. But that's not even considered long in a medical sense, it's within normal range. It does suck though, I'd be much happier O'ing around cd14. Your story of how you met your DH is SO cute! Sounds so fateful how you met, so many events had to come together.
@slradske0626 Ahh that's crazy! I for some reason get NO physical signs that I O'd. I don't think I could stand painful nipples, but at least it's your body telling you something! Pretty cool, actually!
Me: 28 DH: 28
TTC #1 since Nov. 2015 Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
IVF Cycle #2 March 2017 - 5R·4M·3F - Transferred 1 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
@TheJeriluSo you're saying you took a class in chemistry together haha ha ha ha I'll see myself out. lol I may have just choked on my drink lol
@nwegman7878 I've been trying to hide testing because I know how I want to tell DH but he's so excited and he helped me unpack groceries while I was doing the pee dance last night and he got the bag with the pee-stick box so he knew what was going on lol It was nice to know that I wasnt the only one seeing something though
Angel Babies 1&2 2/14/09 DS born 3/11 Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!! divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started) Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!! Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18 TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
ladystinson Haha I've absolutely done that before. **TW: Previous BFP mentioned** The first time, was our first time unprotected ever, I took than Plan B pill. I knew something was up right away and I think I called him after every test. The second time, I have a cute little onesie I made that said "Daddy's New Gaming Buddy" but I was too excited and just woke him up and told him. This next time, I don't have anything explicitly planned so i'll probably just shake him awake like last time. **TW over**
PennStateCait Yeah digitals are nice in that regard but since the sentitivity is 25miu vs the FRER at approximately 10, it's so easy to get a false negative. That possibility would make me crazy. I have one digital left but I'm picking up more FRER today.
R/R/CS: Just expecting a BFN tomorrow, which means I can grab a drink at the airport bar tomorrow before flying to SF.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? DH swears it didn't happen this way, but it did. It was law school orientation and DH came up to me and introduced himself by first and last name. I said, "Oh, I took ballet here for years with a ballerina whose last name is XXXX, are you related?" DH looked at me, and completely deadpan, replied "XXXX is like Smith in Poland." And he walked away. That's how we met. Shocking it took us 2 years to start dating. Later he told me he already knew I had a BF at the time, but I'm not buying it.
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DD born PPROM preemie at 36 weeks on 10/1/17 after over a year TI, then 3 failed IUIs, and finally a successful IVF FET.
Due with #2 5/2/19 after HIO once in my FW, because apparently that's how life works now. Team Blue!
@nwegman7878 Yep I'm gonna go get some FRERs after work today! I don't even want to know how much money I've spent on pee sticks the past 5 months. But yeah I'm hoping today's was a false negative since it was digital. It's crazy what I'll convince myself to keep a glimmer of hope alive. @mrsdee15 sounds like a win-win situation. BFP or airport drink
Me: 28 DH: 28
TTC #1 since Nov. 2015 Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
IVF Cycle #2 March 2017 - 5R·4M·3F - Transferred 1 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
Testing: i was due for AF yesterday as i typically have 24day cycles. If none by saturday will test. No AF yet and it's day 25 i was convinced i would because i was having some mild cramping yesterday but none after that. No symptoms of anything. I leave Monday on vacation so i just want answers before i go.
R/R/CS: i have long thick brown hair..almost to my waist. This morning i had to go to the store for just conditioner. The rate i go through conditioner is ridiculous. I used to by that saloon stuff but at 30$ a bottle i had to find a cheaper brand.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? I think it's a great one. We met in highschool. Yup highschool sweethearts. He had just moved here from NY and became a"Hit" right away. Very cute...blonde piercing blue eyes, played hockey. Initially he got around....dated alot of girls in a short amount of time. Always had a "thing" for me and i always thought he was cute but a "player" so i didn't pursue. I talked with him though and was shocked when he asked me on a date. I was skeptical because i thought i would be just another one of his "flings." He just needed the right girl because here we are almost 11years later.
PennStateCait Haha I completely understand going poor on pee sticks. I think I went through 4 (3) packs back in November. That's why I bulk bought Wondfo's to curb my BSC POAS addiction but I'm low on those now too.
Testing: Not again unless AF doesn't show tomorrow
R/R/CS: Nothing too much to report here. I have cramps on and off which is pretty normal for me before AF. Usually I am way more bloated and tired, but I'm trying to not read too much into anything. It does suck that if AF comes tomorrow, next month will be really challenging because I have a business trip during my FW. Trying to look at the positive that at least I won't be having morning sickness on a long ass flight, so there's that.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? We actually went to high school together, graduated the same year but didn't know each other. It was a big high school, 1000 in our graduating class. We went away to different colleges, but when we moved back home it turned out we had the same circle of friends. Then it just kind of happened on St. Patty's Day one year - I told a friend I liked him and she told him, etc. We actually got married on St. Patty's Day 5 years later. We kind of love that holiday
@nwegman7878 Yeah I've honestly gone through two of the wondfo packs of 50 opks + 20 hcgs (one pack was a gift though). I have another in my amazon cart but I crazily still have a little hope for this cycle with my temp jump today so I don't want to purchase until AF arrives.
Me: 28 DH: 28
TTC #1 since Nov. 2015 Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
IVF Cycle #2 March 2017 - 5R·4M·3F - Transferred 1 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
@PennStateCait I'm doing exactly the same thing I have quite a few OPKs left but I like I have maybe 3 or 4 HCG strips left. Trying to hold out on buying more because I'm going to be really mad if I didn't need to.
R/R/CS: Still spotting, which is a bummer. But just booked our trip to Ireland for August, so that's sort of overshadowing any "woe is me"
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? We met at a charity gala. I went with some friends just to have a fun time, he went because his stepmother is on the board. I wasn't even supposed to be in the country but a work trip got cut short and I had a dress, so off I went. We still go to the event every year and so far we're the only marriage out of it.
@nwegman7878 Hope the pup is feeling better! My dogs love eggs, but we actually give it to them raw, cracked on top of their food. Scrambled is a great idea. And they love rice and green beans. I've started making them treats out of my husband's spent grain from his homebrewing. They LOVE them!
R/R/CS: I think I am out. I got up early and couldn't fall back asleep because of the anxiety. I was trying not hold off until this weekend but I couldn't. It's literally ruined my entire day and now I am mad at myself.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? Match.com baby!
Me: 34 DH: 36 TTC#2 September 2015 DD #1 born July 2014 Clomid 50 mg x2 months- no ovulation Clomid 100mg x 2 months- confirmed ovulation first month, BFN
R/R/CS: Yay for the day off! I might do absolutely nothing but sit here on my couch all day. I'm so exhausted. I'm also really excited to look for my new siggy today!
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? We met when we were 17. We both worked as cashiers at the local grocery store. He randomly came up to me one day and asked me what my plans for New Years were. Then he asked me if I wanted to hang out with him!
Me: 28 DH: 29 Married: August 2014 TTC #1 Since March 2015 Diagnosed with PCOS March 2016 SA results normal April 2016 3 rounds clomid + trigger + TI = BFN 3 rounds clomid + trigger + IUI = BFN Uterine polyp removed July 2017 Round 1 IVF January 2018
@nwegman7878 - The vet thought it was because he was a rescue and said it should go away. We have only had him for about 3 weeks. I'll try with the more bland food. If it doesn't get better withing a couple more weeks I'll take him back. Something seems to be okay, because he has gained a lot. Maybe he's just eating too much. Since he was accustomed to not eating much. Hmm. Thanks for the advice. We'll see how it works out.
TTC #1 since September 2014 Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI
(count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low
progesterone Check out my Infertility blog Check out my Infertility Instagram
Loss History (TW):
BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015 BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015 BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015 BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018 BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
TTC History (TW):
3 losses in 2015 Met with OBGYN in January 2016 Me: all clear, H: OAT November 2016: HSG = All
Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt
#1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17 December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC) Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA) FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018 May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus" FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019 Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two! Lost Baby A 02 July 2018 Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018 Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
Next Up:
TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. ER#2 ~Jan 2019
@nwegman7878 - The vet thought it was because he was a rescue and said it should go away. We have only had him for about 3 weeks. I'll try with the more bland food. If it doesn't get better withing a couple more weeks I'll take him back. Something seems to be okay, because he has gained a lot. Maybe he's just eating too much. Since he was accustomed to not eating much. Hmm. Thanks for the advice. We'll see how it works out.
That's very possible. My puppy still over-drinks all the time and makes himself sick, hence why we freeze his water bowl. It forces him to slow down.
GTKY: How did you and DH/SO meet? Dating website -embarrassingly POF (I use to do a TON of online dating and actually it is where I met most of my long term relationships -Nerve, OkCupid etc). I sent him a message, and he didn't respond instantly (but I could see he checked out the message and my profile), So when I didn't hear from him after dinner I sent him a message being like...its ok maybe were not a match. He wrote back instantly and was like...why would you say that...after talking for a few hours online and finding out that he use to work with my brother (and then getting a review of him from my brother), he invited me on a date the next day...I said no at first as the day was already full for me...but I changed my mind and cancelled some things.
We went on a road trip date the next day (12 plus hours - 4 of those in a car) and I pretty much knew he was going to be the guy I was going to marry when he walked up to open his car door for me when we departed on the road trip (he was sweet, funny, kind, easy to be with...and took great care of me).
It took him a little longer to decide he liked me. During the date he even did a friend pat on my shoulder at one point instead of kissing me...and so I totally figured he wasn't interested until later that evening he finally kissed me and offered to extend the date even longer than it had been planned.
Honestly this could have gone so bad. I got in a car with a stranger to drive out of my town...and spend a huge amount of time with him where I wouldn't have an option of escape. LOL Glad it worked out.
Funny fact. My husband has only gone on 2 dates in his life...and both times he has married the girl he went on dates with (he was divorced before meeting me).
ladystinson So happy that your misery found love. I hear ya...a lot of pressure and cramping some going on here too. FX to you. PennStateCait BFN's Suck! Wow college love...so sweet! FX that the next few days don't include BFN's. nwegman7878 2am testing sounds brutal. Is that when you usually wake up in the morning? I love your baby animal picture! canonmom413 Love on AIM! Love it! Congrats on being able to put money away for a bigger house. msirni0 Oh gosh what a rough day with the puppies. Fun story about you and your DH. Never know where you will find love. leksiL Nice that your BFF lived close so when you moved there you had a friend and a BF all in one place. TheJerilu I LOVE LOVE LOVE your love story! Ps. I adore OkCupid! It was the perfect place to meet people that were a bit off the beaten path...nerdy, granolay, totally IT peeps (I can't tell you how many guys I dated off the site that were computer programs or something of that sort), well read, funny and awesome people! beary67 Have a good time at Acupuncture and Fx! So cute about the moms in your love story! MommyForTheFirstTime Good luck with the savings plan. I know saving can be so stressful and emotional...especially when you know its for TTC.
slradske0626 Impressive patience and determination about not testing yet teamginger13 FX for the progesterone test. Marley629 I have been feeling the same way hopeful and then so negative. This TTC is no joke...makes the emotions crazy.
Me: 37 DH: 32 TTGP Since 2014 INFERTILITY INFO (Medicated, IUI's, IVF/FET) IN SPOILER
October 2014-April 2015: Without Medication or Doctor Guidance No Periods/No O BFN Medicated April-December 2015: Clomid (didn't work) and so we tried Femera/Letrozole. Progesterone Met 1000 Not diagnosed PCOS but treating the same. Anovulatory. TI No US No O BFN - TW - IUI"S January 2016-October 2016: Letrozole 2.5mg-7.5 mg, Pregyl or Ovideral Trigger Shot. 9 cycles of IUI (7 Cancelled due to no mature follicles) (2 attempted IUI's with mature follicles)
IUI # 2 June 2016 and July 2016: Met 1000, Estrogen (21 days), Progesterone (5 days) Femera 5m 6/28/16 Ultrasound CD14 = 25 follie. Pregnyl Trigger CD14 IUI 7/13 1stBeta (DPO 15): 7.6 (Surprise BFP...but Low #'s) 2ndBeta (DPO 17): 18 3rdBeta (DPO 19) 52.8 Progesterone Prescribed (spotting) 4thBeta (DPO 26) 6.9 Chemical Pregnancy BFN IVF and FET (diagnosed with PCOS) 204 pounds at start of IVF IVF # 1 October and November 2016: CCRM - Minneapolis 10/14 Consult and CD 3 testing, 10/14 started (OCP Antagonist - BCP) BCP, 10/21 1 day work up, Doxycycline 100mg 10 days, 10/24 stop bcp, Bloodwork US 10/29, 10/30-11/8 Stims 2 vials of Menopur, Dexamethasone, 225 of Gonal-F daily (dropped to 120). CCRM Vitamin Cocktail (like 20 of them), Monitoring (11/2, 11/4, 11/5, 11/6, 11/7, 11/8), Retrieval 11/10 (38 eggs, 30 mature, 16 fertilized ICSI), 11/16 8 Blasts 11/30CCS testing results 3 Normal 5aa's (2 boys and 1 girl) 1 Unknown 4 Abnormal (All girls)
Fet #1 January 2017: CCRM - Minneapolis bcp/lupron/suppository/p4 in oil QOD AF 12/7, 12/8 start meds. 1/3 lining and blood work check 14/15 mm, BW check 1/6. 1/9 transfer with acupuncture 1 CCS/PGS Normal 5aa hatching Progesterone around 26ish? Lower estrogen level 207 (wanted above 300 but over 200 was acceptable), started 1 estrace, progesterone in oil every other day, vivelle dot patches 4 every other day, 3x estrodiol daily, vitamin cocktail. POAS: - 4dp5dt and 5dp5dt, 6dp5dt frer very very very faint line. 7dp5dt and 8dp5dt + on Accuclear. 8dp5dt pregnant on a clear blue easy digital. 214 pounds at FET 1/18 #1 Beta 91.1 1/20 #2 Beta 215.9 2/3 6 week US 2 sacs? Twins? but only 1 heartbeat/pole good heartbeat Stopped taking baby asprin Added in DHEA Veg Vitamin (also got the report that they transferred a girl 5aa eggo) 2/10 7 week US 2 sacs (likely vanishing twin) only 1 heartbeat/pole etc good heartbeat 137 2/24 9 week US 1 eggo sac good heart beat 182 1 very small fluid sac (shrinking) 2/24 9 week 2 days start weening. Graduated from RE (CCRM is now starting weening as soon as 8.5 weeks) 3/7 10 Weeks 5 days weened completely of FET meds A1C 5.3% (Normal) 3/9 11 Weeks 1 day my progesterone level was 15 and my estrogen level was 881 (I freaked out!) 3/16 12 Weeks 1 day baby heard on doppler 164 HB 4/14 16 week 2 days Ultrasound baby is looking good with all good numbers sized 17 weeks. Also got to hear her on the doppler for a few mins too.
5/5 19 Weeks 2 days going in for "20" week anatomy ultrasound got measurements but need to come back as wasn't able to get all the measurements MEASUREMENTS BPD 4.6 cm 19 weeks 6 days* (78%) HC 17.0 cm 19 weeks 4 days* (70%) AC 14.5 cm 19 weeks 4 days* (69%) Femur 3.1 cm 19 weeks 6 days* (63%) Humerus 3.1 cm 20 weeks 2 days (84%) Cerebellum 2.0 cm 19 weeks 5 days CisternaMagna 6.2 mm Nuchal Fold 4.5 mm HC/AC 1.17 FL/AC 0.22 FL/BPD 0.68 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 309 grams - 0 lbs 11 oz THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 19 weeks 5 days +/- 10 days. 6/9 24 Weeks 2 days Glucose Test 1 hour (Failed) 190 6/16 25 Weeks 2 days Ultrasound and 1st Baby Shower 6/20 25 Weeks 6 days Glucose Test 3 Hours (Failed) 95 (95), 183 (180), 213 (155), 198 (140) etc 6/21 26 Weeks Recommended to a perintologist 6/22 26 Weeks 1 day start monitoring blood sugar levels 6/30 27 Weeks 2 day A1 (blood sugar test ordered)
7/5 28 Weeks Echo and 3d Ultrasound AMNIOTIC FLUID Q1: 2.6 Q2: 3.2 Q3: 4.8 Q4: 5.6 AFI Total = 16.3 cm Amniotic Fluid: Normal MEASUREMENTS BPD 7.2 cm 28 weeks 5 days* (60%) HC 26.4 cm 28 weeks 4 days* (48%) AC 23.3 cm 27 weeks 4 days* (36%) Femur 5.2 cm 28 weeks 0 days* (36%) Humerus 4.8 cm 28 weeks 0 days (49%) HC/AC 1.13 FL/AC 0.23 FL/BPD 0.73 Ceph Index 0.77 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 1142 grams - 2 lbs 8 oz (37%) THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 28 weeks 1 day +/- 14 days.
7/10 28 Weeks 5 days Dietitian Appt and Lactatcian Consultant and A1 blood draw 5.4% (normal) 218.5 pounds 7/20 30 Weeks GD consult. 6 Lantus at 7pm daily. Novolog 1 unit for every 15 gm carbohydrate if consumed more than 30 gm at brkfst or 60 gm at lunch or supper 215.6 pounds 7/20 30 Weeks Transferred care to OB due to high risk. 216 pounds
8/2 32 Weeks Ultrasound (not cooperative and still breech) and then weekly NST's MEASUREMENTS BPD 8.0 cm 32 weeks 2 days* (44%) HC 29.2 cm 31 weeks 6 days* (22%) AC 26.9 cm 31 weeks 0 days* (24%) Femur 6.3 cm 32 weeks 2 days* (57%) Humerus 5.7 cm 32 weeks 6 days (71%) HC/AC 1.08 FL/AC 0.23 FL/BPD 0.78 Ceph Index 0.78 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 1808 grams - 3 lbs 15 oz (29%) THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 31 weeks 6 days +/- 18 days. AMNIOTIC FLUID Q1: 3.4 Q2: 2.9 Q3: 2.9 Q4: 4.4 AFI Total = 13.6 cm Amniotic Fluid: Normal
8/8 32w6d upped to 1:10 for dinner 8/11 Baby Shower 8/13 Baby Shower 8/16 34 weeks NST good reading Upped to 8 at bed for fasting and 1:7 for dinner 8/18 Dr Appt
8/24 35 weeks 1 day (was suppose to be scheduled for 36 weeks) Weeks Ultrasound/GD Dr Appt/OB Appt Frank Breech MEASUREMENTS BPD 8.9 cm 35 weeks 6 days* (67%) HC 31.7 cm 35 weeks 1 day * (35%) AC 30.2 cm 34 weeks 2 days* (33%) Femur 6.9 cm 34 weeks 6 days* (57%) Humerus 6.0 cm 34 weeks 6 days (64%) HC/AC 1.05 FL/AC 0.23 FL/BPD 0.78 Ceph Index 0.80 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 2494 grams - 5 lbs 8 oz (39%) THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 35 weeks 1 day +/- 21 days. AMNIOTIC FLUID Q1: 3.3 Q2: 3.8 Q3: 2.4 Q4: 3.8 AFI Total = 13.4 cm Amniotic Fluid: Normal
8/31 36 Weeks 9/7 37 Weeks 9/10 Water broke...I got it tested at the emergency room it it showed it was negative. More water breaking and didn't go to the dr. 9/11 37 weeks 4 days Called the Dr and got retested for water breaking... 10:30pmish Baby Girl Born via Emergency C Section (Frank Breech Baby) 6lbs 3oz - 9/13 Dropped to 5 pounds 10oz and had jaundice 9/13 38 weeks
9/22 39 Weeks 2 days C Section Scheduled for 10am (arrive at 8am) Equinox/Solstice EDD 9/27
@nwegman7878 - The vet thought it was because he was a rescue and said it should go away. We have only had him for about 3 weeks. I'll try with the more bland food. If it doesn't get better withing a couple more weeks I'll take him back. Something seems to be okay, because he has gained a lot. Maybe he's just eating too much. Since he was accustomed to not eating much. Hmm. Thanks for the advice. We'll see how it works out.
That's very possible. My puppy still over-drinks all the time and makes himself sick, hence why we freeze his water bowl. It forces him to slow down.
I've pretty much always had rescues and one had been starved. He should have weighed between 9-12 lbs (depending on muscle tone) for his size but twice he ended up in the vet hospital at only 3. They would leave his food and water outside his crate all the time. Because of that, anytime there was food in his bowl, he would stand between the wall and the bowl guarding so he could watch everyone while he ate every single bite, because in his old home hell he didn't know when he would eat again. Eventually it did get better as we built trust. His was an extreme situation so it took over a year to start improving. But we figured out that small amounts of food offered more frequently proved that is was going to be there but kept him from making himself sick. He did get to the point that he would get fed in the afternoon/evening and would only eat a few bites until everyone was home, then he would finish while we all ate dinner.
Angel Babies 1&2 2/14/09 DS born 3/11 Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!! divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started) Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!! Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18 TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
Testing: nope R/R/CS: I see some familiar faces here and some new ones! I didn't want to do a whole re-intro thread, so I'm just popping in here. I started TTC in August and have found some great support and advice on this board. I had a CP in December, and recently a miscarriage at 8 weeks at the beginning of March. I've taken the past few weeks off actively TTC, though I've been physically cleared by my doctor, for emotional reasons. I'm finally feeling ready to try again with enthusiasm, so I'm hoping this cycle isn't too crazy and I can start a new one in the next week or so. When I had my follow up ultrasound a week after my miscarriage he said I was already gearing up to ovulate, so I'm hoping it won't be long and I can rejoin you lovely ladies!
GTKY: How did you and DH/SO meet? Smashed off whiskey at a Spice Girls concert
Month/cycle: 11/11 CD/DPO: 19/3 (finally got my CH this
morning!) Timing: -1 +1 Testing: Only if AF is late. R/R/CS: I know I know, you’re normal
til your not. But I always O around CD 12-13 and didn’t until CD16 this month,
just seems weird. My timing is okay, but IDK- the last two months (last and
this) I haven’t been letting myself get my hopes up. I think part of it is
transitioning back to work & adjusting to that again. As noted in the WTO,
my new healthcare kicks in tomorrow so I’m really excited about finding a new
OBGYN here in MPLS & making an appointment & hearing about next steps. GTKY: Posted in the WTO
ME: 31 | DH: 31
Married: April 2015
TTC (BBT & FF) #1: April 2015 (Off BC: January 2015)
Re: TTW Thursday
CD/DPO: 33/9
Timing: -3, -2, -1, +2
Testing: I caved last night despite having cramps... BFN
R/R/CS: Temp dropped this morning and I've got cramps that could choke a horse... waiting for AF, probably today, so I can move over to WTO...
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? He started working in my office as a IT Systems Admin contractor a month after I started in accounting. Within a few months he was permanent and we were best friends. I was completing my divorce and he was just starting his... misery loves company? lol j/k
DS born 3/11
Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!!
divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started)
Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!!
Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18
TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
CD/DPO: 33/11
Timing: -4, -2
Testing: Ran out of wondfos and FRERs so all I've got are digitals. This morning's was a BFN
R/R/CS: Temp shot back up this morning by a lot. I don't know what to think anymore.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet?
I think this is a great question and I'm glad you stole it from WTO @ladystinson
My DH and I went to PSU together. We met in the first week of classes at Beaver Stadium. I had befriended his best friend and so that's who introduced us. We didn't start dating until about a year after that though. Been together over 8 years now
Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL
IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
CD/DPO: 26/10
Timing: -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1
Testing: Caved today, BFN
R/R/CS: My line eyes are getting so bad. Today's test was clearly negative but I wanted to see a squinter so bad. Between the lack of sleep and 2am testing, I got my hopes up way too high. DH is going to let me pick put some FRERs today since my progesterone runs out in 4 days and I need a definitive answer on needing a prescription refill ASAP or not. Feeling out but still a little hopeful.
Also, my dog was being such a TW yesterday because his stomach was all messed up. So I made him eggs last night. He's feeling better
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? Oddly enough I just came out of a long relationship and was hanging out with a guy that I was interested in. We wen't to a hookah bar to hang out with some of his friends and I met DH there. I feel bad for the other guy, but DH and I hit it off so well that I ended up breaking off things with his friend so I could date him instead. There were definitely some hard feelings but it all worked itself out.
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 23/7
Timing: -3, -1, +1, +3
Testing: Trying my best to hold off until the 6th ( 13DPO) but maybe will start testing Monday at 11DPO . Trying to stay strong!
R/R/CS: I am pretty proud of myself lately. We have been really been doing well putting away more money than we have been, and I am doing really well not being tempted to dip into it. While we save , it is really hard to not want to splurge. Lately , I havnt even wanted to . Trying to save for a bigger house!
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet?
DH and I met through a mutual friend in HS in 2003. He was at the end of his Junior year, I was at the end of my Sophomore year. We did not go to the same HS. They knew each other through youth group at church (DH only went to please mom) . We both officially met at said mutual friends graduation party. We exchanged "AIM" screen names. The rest is history really. We spoke that night, and every night after. Had our first date 4 days later. Officially started dating as few days after that. We have been together ever since. We have never split up either. We got married in 2009.
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@ladystinson Hugs!
@PennStateCait FX'd!
@nwegman7878 So sorry your dog was a PITA, but OMG! Such a cutie pie! I would snuggle all day every day with him! Hope today is better! Also hugs!
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
CD/DPO: 22/11
Timing: -2, IUI
Testing: probably tomorrow or Saturday. I feel like by Saturday (13dpiui) I should turn a test if I'm KU
R/R/CS: so yesterday in WTF Wednesday @nwegman7878and I were talking about our dogs being jerks. Well last night I let mine out back for awhile. I heard one of the barking, but didn't think anything of it, because they're a-holes and always bark. When I went to bring them in, one came in and my beagle looked like he was playing with a toy, and I saw fluff in the yard. Thought it was a toy or something....NOPE, they murdered a bunny
also other rant is that I take a bus into the city for work, and this guy sat next to me and totally invaded my space. Again, fertility meds=crazy, I was so irritated.
GTKY: I love this! We met in college. I actually was really really good friends with his older brother since I first got to college. My husband took a year off after high school, and then went to community college for a year so he didn't start at my school until what would have been his junior year, my senior year. The very first time I met him, his brother came over to my house (we lived across the street from his fraternity brothers and we're all really good friends) and my husband was HAMMERED. He was throwing snack mix around all over my house and acting like an idiot. The next semester I dated one of his fraternity brothers who had already graduated briefly. I ended up spending a lot of time with my husband that semester. I ended up breaking up with the guy I was dating right before spring break, and that night my sorority had a social with DH's fraternity. We made out in a frat house kitchen (so romantic) and have been inseparable ever since. That was just over 8 years ago. Nobody took us seriously, because neither of us were the best at relationships, but it just worked!
sorry for the book!!
@ladystinson sorry for the temp drop and cramps
@nwegman7878 I love the puppy pics! Hopefully your eyes stop playing tricks on you and you see a line soon!!
Together since 2008, married Sept 2013
ttc #1 since July 2014
DX: unexplained infertility
Sept, Oct, Nov Clomid 50 mg: BFN
Feb 2016 IUI w/ 50mg Clomid, Ovidrel, Prometrium: BFN
March 2016 IUI w/ 50mg Clomid, Ovidrel, Prometrium: BFN
June 2016 IVF: BFP 6/28!!! beta #1: 358, beta #2: 1428, beta #3: 3742
@PennStateCait @nwegman7878 sorry for the BFNs
@nwegman7878 what a cute puppy!!!
@canonmom413 AIM screen names
So I will be at our home inspection all day today but hopefully can come back later to check in!
Month/cycle: 2 / 2
CD/DPO: CD22 / 5 DPO
Timing: -3, -2, 0
Testing: next week?
R/R/CS: The BCS is already out. I woke up this morning with the strongest cramps EVER. They were more like muscle spasms then normal period cramps. Of course tots a sign. Also I woke up at 3 a.m. excited about the home inspection and took awhile to fall back asleep, not sure if my temp should count. There was a drop today hopefully it raises back up.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? DH and I met at a party my ex-bf threw in VA in 2004. (We had already broken up) He was from MA and we talked on the phone, etc. for a couple of weeks but I ended up stopping calling back because of the distance. Then I went to visit my BFF at her parents' house in MA and they lived in the town next door so I texted him. I then blew him off for a week but he was persistent and finally the night before I left we met up. The rest is history and I ended up moving up here in 2005 and we got married in 2008!
Married Jan 2008
DD Baby Bells born Dec 2016 5 lbs, 12 oz, 18"
Due with #2 Baby Arya EDD February 2020
PennStateCait Sorry for the BFN but FX your temp stays up!
canonmom413 Nice job on being able to put away some money. It's so easy to overlook day to day spending. DH and focusing on this right now too.
msirni0 OMG I'm so sorry that your dogs we're TW yesterday and killed a poor bunny. My DH would probably be proud of them for being able to do so, so I completely get you there. That's why mine's on a leash 95% of the time. I don't trust him at all. Last time he was left unsupervised on my in-laws deck, he was snout deep in grill grease. I love my dog but they can be total pains.
leksiL Gotta love when the BSC starts early. Just try to keep it at bay so you don't go poor POAS like I do.
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 26/8
Timing: -5,-3,-2,-1
Testing: Daily cheapies starting TOMORROW, gonna do an FRER on Sunday (11DPO)
R/R/CS: My cervix went from firm to softer the past two days. Good bloodflow is a good sign, so fingers crossed.
GTKY: How did you and DH/SO meet? OKCupid - it's like Amazon shopping for a partner! I had something about League of Legends in my profile as well as listing my languages as English and C++ (a coding language). He happened to do a search for LoL, and sent me a greeting embedded in a C++ snippet. We chatted back and forth all day, agreed to play LoL and Skype that evening, and when we were done he hit me with the line, "Okay, I haven't had dinner yet, so I'm going to eat an entire frozen pizza and a Klondike bar." Be still my heart! I invited him out to burgers instead. Within two weeks he asked me to move in with him and we've been avoiding frozen pizza ever since.
Me: 28 & Partner: 32 | Married 2014
BFP 7/29 EDD 4/11
CD/DPO: 22/9
Timing: -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1
Testing: Trying to hold off until 13DPO if no AF/Temp drop
R/R/CS: Thanks to everyone for looking at my chart yesterday! My temp went back up today and was the highest it's been this cycle, so it seems like my body was just playing games with me yesterday. I'm looking forward to acupuncture tomorrow so I can see if my pulse is still the same as it was on Tuesday, which would be a good thing!
GTKY: Kind of a confusing story--my mom's best friend, who for the sake of the post, I will call JL, used to work where I currently work. DH's mom also works where I work. JL told DH's mom that I had just moved to this XXX area of our city, and DH's mom said her son also lives there. JL said we should meet each other, so DH's mom told me to give him a call, so I did. He invited me to a Kentucky Derby party right across the street from where I was living, and that's how we met. We've been together ever since, and he proposed to me at the same place we met for the Derby party.
TTC#1: October 2015
dx: PCOS & MFI
IUI #1 w/Femara + Ovidrel June 2016 ~ BFP
July 2016: Blighted Ovum
IUI #2 w/Femara + Ovidrel September 2016 ~BFN
IUI #3 w/Femara + Ovidrel October 2016 ~BFN
IUI #4 w/Femara + Ovidrel November 2016 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI January 2017 ~BFN
FET February 2017 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI March 2017 ~BFP--Twins Due 12/8/17
Team Blue X 2!
@canonmom413 thanks for the hugs congrats on the successful saving venture! we're trying to do that right now ourselves, just getting started though. Hope it keeps going well.
@leksil It is still early, I hadn't really thought about that but it is still early. The BSC in me wants to believe that is the elusive implantation dip and cramps. I say they're bad enough to choke a horse but thats really only because I don't normally cramp at all before AF. maybe one or two dull cramps. We'll see. I'm just so uncertain about my O date because of being sick. FX'd I'm one of the weird implanters lol
DS born 3/11
Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!!
divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started)
Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!!
Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18
TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
@PennStateCait - I can't believe you are on CD33. I would hate having such a long cycle. Hopefully your weird temps are indicative of something good!
@nwegman7878 - How does the eggs help the pups? My pup has stomach issues all the time. I can't figure out if it's because he eats rocks (he grew up abused.
@canonmom413 - Good job saving, it's tough! I'm the saver and the shopper in my family... funny how that works out. But DH is always complaining when I freak out over pennies. Youth group is always a good place to meet people... I made a few bf that way. Ha.
@msirni0 - He killed a bunny right after Easter? awww.
@leksiL - Good thing he was persistent. lol. Mine was too, and I can't believe I blew him off.
@TheJerilu - I love how you met DH. So cute. Love how he first messaged you.
@beary67 - glad your temps are lookin better!
Month/cycle: 14/14
CD/DPO: 19/3
Timing: -3, -1, 0
Testing: None yet. Patience.
R/R/CS: We overspent this month.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? My best friend in college was marrying her high school sweetheart. They wanted to get married in their home state. I was her MOH, so I flew out and spent a week helping her get ready for the big day (in Vegas). I met her husbands best man and he hit on me and we spent a little time together setting up for the wedding and such, even an evening hanging out because the bride and groom wanted to go on a last date. He took me to a casino and taught me to play blackjack (even used his money!). He drove me back to her place after and we were talking about relationships and he told me he was dating someone because the groom told him I was dating someone else (WRONG, both of us were single). After I went back home (Missouri) he was texting me and asked me out. I said no three times before I caved. He immediately came to visit and we did long distance for a while. What a good man for hanging in there. The rest is history....
Ugh, I love love. I love all these cute stories.
Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
Check out my Infertility blog
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BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
Met with OBGYN in January 2016
Me: all clear, H: OAT
November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo.
BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two!
Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
ER#2 ~Jan 2019
CD/DPO: 25/8
Timing: -1, -4, -6
Testing: Still holding strong! Just have to make it through another 6ish days!
R/R/CS: TMI warning! Anyone else get super annoying ovulation symptoms? Even if I wasn't temping, my nipples let me know that I've O'd. OMG it's painful, and it never happened until after I stopped using the NuvaRing BC. It also drove me crazy at first thinking it was a pregnancy symptom. HA, nope just my body messing with me. But now at least I know for sure when I've O'd. It's still a little annoying, but I guess it could be worse.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? The first time we met was at a high school party. Long story short, he tackled me to the ground in an attempt to save me from getting run over by two drunk friends on a tandem bicycle. I went around all night telling everyone he had saved my life lol. Fast forward to two years later, I got hired in at a restaurant where he was a manager. We both were in relationships at the time, but over about a year we became really good friends, and those relationships fell through. We got flirty eventually, and then he asked me to be his girlfriend at the beach in the middle of the night. That was in 2011, I was 18 and he was 22. Now we've been married since June 2015, we have 6 fur babies (2 dogs, 4 rats), and we can't wait to be parents!
@canonmom413 I love stories about HS sweethearts! So cute! Also the AIM shoutout LOL the good ole days
@nwegman7878 @ladystinson @PennStateCaitsorry about the BFNs, stay strong ladies!
DS born 3/11
Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!!
divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started)
Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!!
Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18
TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 7dpiui
Timing: twice on O day (IUI and BD)
Testing: maybe 12dp
R/R/CS: I go today for a progesterone blood draw. Hopefully my levels are up so I don't have to use those nasty suppositories.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? I went out one night with a girl that I worked with and her boyfriend and her boyfriend's room mates. DH was one of them. I thought he was attractive and we flirted all night long. After we left the bar I even went back over to his house (with everybody else) and hung out until like 2 AM. Finally I told him I had to get home and he walked me to the door and was just like "ok bye". I was like WHAT? I didn't see him again for A YEAR when we ran into each other at a new years party. That night definitely went better and we have been together ever since
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
Me: 28 & Partner: 32 | Married 2014
BFP 7/29 EDD 4/11
Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
Check out my Infertility blog
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BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
Met with OBGYN in January 2016
Me: all clear, H: OAT
November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo.
BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two!
Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
ER#2 ~Jan 2019
TheJerilu Yeah. He usually doesn't get any people food up there are a number of food that we eat that are good for dogs as well. Eggs, chicken, and rice and bland and easy on the stomach when it's upset. And things like pumpkin puree are great for digestive health. I actually make him treats with peanut butter and pumpkin puree all the time.
Previously nweg...7878
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 22/9
Timing: good
Testing: I'll start tomorrow
R/R/CS: yesterday I had such positive thinking about this cycle. Now I'm all negative Nancy. Just having a bad day
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet?
we met at a bar down the shore - I lived there year round at that point but had a shore house with a bunch of other people for the summer of 2009 - he coincidentally had stayed in same shore house with the same core people I had in 2009 but he was there in 2007 - so he knew a lot of people down there - from different groups of my friends. I may have been a little intoxicated when I met him and he overheard me asking one of my friends "who is this guy and how the eff does he know everyone?!?" So we had a shot of Jameson together, he left, tracked me down on Facebook and after the 3rd time asking for my number I gave in and the rest is history
DX Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Factor V Leiden Mutation, Secondary Infertility
MFI (SA #1Count 11mill, Motility: 18%, Morphology: 1%)
AMH .328 | FSH 13.2
@nwegman7878 Sorry about the BFN, we're in the same-ish boat. I'm still hopeful at 11 dpo. I would give anything for a squinter. The amount of time I spend looking at the stick is insane. This morning when I had to take a digital it was almost relieving that I didn't have to spend 10 minutes interpreting it, bringing it into different lighting areas, tilting it this way and that.
@ladystinson I'm glad you're also in month 5 and also tested on 8 dpo this month. I feel like I should be getting better with POAS and holding out as the months go on but I just can't stand the TWW. I have no self control.
@msirni0 I would have cried too! and my DH probably would have done the same thing.
@LeksiL I was having the same feelings at 5 dpo and also had a case of the BSC. I'm still going BSC over here. I used to think I liked the TWW but now that I realize how crazy it makes me I think I've decided I don't like WTO or the TWW.
@TheJerilu FX for you! Also props for having the balls to check your cervix. Vaginas scare me so checking CM is about my limit but I so wish I could check my CP.
@beary67 Seems like our bodies are synced, mine was effing with me too. FX for you! Looking forward to hearing what your acupuncturist says! I just arranged my first appointment, can I ask how frequently they recommended you go? Trying to quote DH on a rough price now that I know the per visit costs.
@mommyforthefirsttime Yep, I ovulate later than usual anyway (cd 18) but I O'd even later this cycle because I was taking evening primrose oil to help my CM. But that's not even considered long in a medical sense, it's within normal range. It does suck though, I'd be much happier O'ing around cd14. Your story of how you met your DH is SO cute! Sounds so fateful how you met, so many events had to come together.
@slradske0626 Ahh that's crazy! I for some reason get NO physical signs that I O'd. I don't think I could stand painful nipples, but at least it's your body telling you something! Pretty cool, actually!
Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL
IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
@nwegman7878 I've been trying to hide testing because I know how I want to tell DH but he's so excited and he helped me unpack groceries while I was doing the pee dance last night and he got the bag with the pee-stick box so he knew what was going on lol It was nice to know that I wasnt the only one seeing something though
DS born 3/11
Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!!
divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started)
Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!!
Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18
TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
The first time, was our first time unprotected ever, I took than Plan B pill. I knew something was up right away and I think I called him after every test. The second time, I have a cute little onesie I made that said "Daddy's New Gaming Buddy" but I was too excited and just woke him up and told him. This next time, I don't have anything explicitly planned so i'll probably just shake him awake like last time.
**TW over**
PennStateCait Yeah digitals are nice in that regard but since the sentitivity is 25miu vs the FRER at approximately 10, it's so easy to get a false negative. That possibility would make me crazy. I have one digital left but I'm picking up more FRER today.
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 31/12
Timing: -2, 0
Testing: Tomorrow because of drinking.
R/R/CS: Just expecting a BFN tomorrow, which means I can grab a drink at the airport bar tomorrow before flying to SF.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? DH swears it didn't happen this way, but it did. It was law school orientation and DH came up to me and introduced himself by first and last name. I said, "Oh, I took ballet here for years with a ballerina whose last name is XXXX, are you related?" DH looked at me, and completely deadpan, replied "XXXX is like Smith in Poland." And he walked away. That's how we met. Shocking it took us 2 years to start dating. Later he told me he already knew I had a BF at the time, but I'm not buying it.
ETF words
then 3 failed IUIs, and finally a successful IVF FET.
Due with #2 5/2/19 after HIO once in my FW,
because apparently that's how life works now. Team Blue!
@mrsdee15 sounds like a win-win situation. BFP or airport drink
Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL
IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
then 3 failed IUIs, and finally a successful IVF FET.
Due with #2 5/2/19 after HIO once in my FW,
because apparently that's how life works now. Team Blue!
CD/DPO: 25/11
Timing:-5,-2,-1+1
Testing: i was due for AF yesterday as i typically have 24day cycles. If none by saturday will test. No AF yet and it's day 25 i was convinced i would because i was having some mild cramping yesterday but none after that. No symptoms of anything. I leave Monday on vacation so i just want answers before i go.
R/R/CS: i have long thick brown hair..almost to my waist. This morning i had to go to the store for just conditioner. The rate i go through conditioner is ridiculous. I used to by that saloon stuff but at 30$ a bottle i had to find a cheaper brand.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? I think it's a great one. We met in highschool. Yup highschool sweethearts. He had just moved here from NY and became a"Hit" right away. Very cute...blonde piercing blue eyes, played hockey. Initially he got around....dated alot of girls in a short amount of time. Always had a "thing" for me and i always thought he was cute but a "player" so i didn't pursue. I talked with him though and was shocked when he asked me on a date. I was skeptical because i thought i would be just another one of his "flings." He just needed the right girl because here we are almost 11years later.
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 24/13
Timing: -5, -3, -2, 0 (x2), +1
Testing: Not again unless AF doesn't show tomorrow
R/R/CS: Nothing too much to report here. I have cramps on and off which is pretty normal for me before AF. Usually I am way more bloated and tired, but I'm trying to not read too much into anything. It does suck that if AF comes tomorrow, next month will be really challenging because I have a business trip during my FW. Trying to look at the positive that at least I won't be having morning sickness on a long ass flight, so there's that.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet?
We actually went to high school together, graduated the same year but didn't know each other. It was a big high school, 1000 in our graduating class. We went away to different colleges, but when we moved back home it turned out we had the same circle of friends. Then it just kind of happened on St. Patty's Day one year - I told a friend I liked him and she told him, etc. We actually got married on St. Patty's Day 5 years later. We kind of love that holiday
Dx: Both tubes blocked, PCOS, DOR, RPL
IVF Cycle #1 Dec. 2016 - 11R·11M·5F - Transferred 2 - BFP - Miscarriage - 0 Embryos Left
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 24/11
Timing: -1
Testing: no plans
R/R/CS: Still spotting, which is a bummer. But just booked our trip to Ireland for August, so that's sort of overshadowing any "woe is me"
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? We met at a charity gala. I went with some friends just to have a fun time, he went because his stepmother is on the board. I wasn't even supposed to be in the country but a work trip got cut short and I had a dress, so off I went. We still go to the event every year and so far we're the only marriage out of it.
@nwegman7878 Hope the pup is feeling better! My dogs love eggs, but we actually give it to them raw, cracked on top of their food. Scrambled is a great idea. And they love rice and green beans. I've started making them treats out of my husband's spent grain from his homebrewing. They LOVE them!
CD/DPO: 42/10 or 11
Timing: good
Testing: BFN, not even a squinter today
R/R/CS: I think I am out. I got up early and couldn't fall back asleep because of the anxiety. I was trying not hold off until this weekend but I couldn't. It's literally ruined my entire day and now I am mad at myself.
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? Match.com baby!
TTC#2 September 2015
DD #1 born July 2014
Clomid 50 mg x2 months- no ovulation
Clomid 100mg x 2 months- confirmed ovulation first month, BFN
CD/DPO: 44/ 7
Timing: Not so good
Testing: Only if AF is late
R/R/CS: Yay for the day off! I might do absolutely nothing but sit here on my couch all day. I'm so exhausted. I'm also really excited to look for my new siggy today!
GTKY: (Stolen from WTO, unless someone can help me come up with a better one before we get rolling) How did you and DH/SO meet? We met when we were 17. We both worked as cashiers at the local grocery store. He randomly came up to me one day and asked me what my plans for New Years were. Then he asked me if I wanted to hang out with him!
Me: 28 DH: 29
Married: August 2014
TTC #1 Since March 2015
Diagnosed with PCOS March 2016
SA results normal April 2016
3 rounds clomid + trigger + TI = BFN
3 rounds clomid + trigger + IUI = BFN
Uterine polyp removed July 2017
Round 1 IVF January 2018
Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
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BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
Met with OBGYN in January 2016
Me: all clear, H: OAT
November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo.
BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two!
Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
ER#2 ~Jan 2019
Previously nweg...7878
CD/DPO: 28/11
Timing:+2, IUI, -1
Testing: BFN's all day long...
R/R/CS:
GTKY: How did you and DH/SO meet? Dating website -embarrassingly POF (I use to do a TON of online dating and actually it is where I met most of my long term relationships -Nerve, OkCupid etc). I sent him a message, and he didn't respond instantly (but I could see he checked out the message and my profile), So when I didn't hear from him after dinner I sent him a message being like...its ok maybe were not a match. He wrote back instantly and was like...why would you say that...after talking for a few hours online and finding out that he use to work with my brother (and then getting a review of him from my brother), he invited me on a date the next day...I said no at first as the day was already full for me...but I changed my mind and cancelled some things.
We went on a road trip date the next day (12 plus hours - 4 of those in a car) and I pretty much knew he was going to be the guy I was going to marry when he walked up to open his car door for me when we departed on the road trip (he was sweet, funny, kind, easy to be with...and took great care of me).
It took him a little longer to decide he liked me.
Honestly this could have gone so bad. I got in a car with a stranger to drive out of my town...and spend a huge amount of time with him where I wouldn't have an option of escape. LOL Glad it worked out.
Funny fact. My husband has only gone on 2 dates in his life...and both times he has married the girl he went on dates with (he was divorced before meeting me).
ladystinson So happy that your misery found love.
PennStateCait BFN's Suck! Wow college love...so sweet! FX that the next few days don't include BFN's.
nwegman7878 2am testing sounds brutal. Is that when you usually wake up in the morning? I love your baby animal picture!
canonmom413 Love on AIM! Love it! Congrats on being able to put money away for a bigger house.
msirni0 Oh gosh what a rough day with the puppies. Fun story about you and your DH. Never know where you will find love.
leksiL Nice that your BFF lived close so when you moved there you had a friend and a BF all in one place.
TheJerilu I LOVE LOVE LOVE your love story! Ps. I adore OkCupid! It was the perfect place to meet people that were a bit off the beaten path...nerdy, granolay, totally IT peeps (I can't tell you how many guys I dated off the site that were computer programs or something of that sort), well read, funny and awesome people!
beary67 Have a good time at Acupuncture and Fx! So cute about the moms in your love story!
MommyForTheFirstTime Good luck with the savings plan. I know saving can be so stressful and emotional...especially when you know its for TTC.
teamginger13 FX for the progesterone test.
Marley629 I have been feeling the same way hopeful and then so negative. This TTC is no joke...makes the emotions crazy.
Me: 37 DH: 32 TTGP Since 2014 INFERTILITY INFO (Medicated, IUI's, IVF/FET) IN SPOILER
Medicated April-December 2015: Clomid (didn't work) and so we tried Femera/Letrozole. Progesterone Met 1000 Not diagnosed PCOS but treating the same. Anovulatory. TI No US No O BFN
- TW -
IUI"S
January 2016-October 2016: Letrozole 2.5mg-7.5 mg, Pregyl or Ovideral Trigger Shot.
9 cycles of IUI (7 Cancelled due to no mature follicles) (2 attempted IUI's with mature follicles)
IUI # 2 June 2016 and July 2016: Met 1000, Estrogen (21 days), Progesterone (5 days) Femera 5m 6/28/16 Ultrasound CD14 = 25 follie. Pregnyl Trigger CD14 IUI 7/13 1stBeta (DPO 15): 7.6 (Surprise BFP...but Low #'s) 2ndBeta (DPO 17): 18 3rdBeta (DPO 19) 52.8 Progesterone Prescribed (spotting) 4thBeta (DPO 26) 6.9 Chemical Pregnancy BFN
IVF and FET (diagnosed with PCOS) 204 pounds at start of IVF
IVF # 1 October and November 2016: CCRM - Minneapolis 10/14 Consult and CD 3 testing, 10/14 started (OCP Antagonist - BCP) BCP, 10/21 1 day work up, Doxycycline 100mg 10 days, 10/24 stop bcp, Bloodwork US 10/29, 10/30-11/8 Stims 2 vials of Menopur, Dexamethasone, 225 of Gonal-F daily (dropped to 120). CCRM Vitamin Cocktail (like 20 of them), Monitoring (11/2, 11/4, 11/5, 11/6, 11/7, 11/8), Retrieval 11/10 (38 eggs, 30 mature, 16 fertilized ICSI), 11/16 8 Blasts 11/30 CCS testing results 3 Normal 5aa's (2 boys and 1 girl) 1 Unknown 4 Abnormal (All girls)
Fet #1 January 2017: CCRM - Minneapolis bcp/lupron/suppository/p4 in oil QOD AF 12/7, 12/8 start meds. 1/3 lining and blood work check 14/15 mm, BW check 1/6. 1/9 transfer with acupuncture 1 CCS/PGS Normal 5aa hatching Progesterone around 26ish? Lower estrogen level 207 (wanted above 300 but over 200 was acceptable), started 1 estrace, progesterone in oil every other day, vivelle dot patches 4 every other day, 3x estrodiol daily, vitamin cocktail. POAS: - 4dp5dt and 5dp5dt, 6dp5dt frer very very very faint line. 7dp5dt and 8dp5dt + on Accuclear. 8dp5dt pregnant on a clear blue easy digital. 214 pounds at FET
1/18 #1 Beta 91.1
1/20 #2 Beta 215.9
2/3 6 week US 2 sacs? Twins? but only 1 heartbeat/pole good heartbeat Stopped taking baby asprin Added in DHEA Veg Vitamin (also got the report that they transferred a girl 5aa eggo)
2/10 7 week US 2 sacs (likely vanishing twin) only 1 heartbeat/pole etc good heartbeat 137
2/24 9 week US 1 eggo sac good heart beat 182 1 very small fluid sac (shrinking)
2/24 9 week 2 days start weening. Graduated from RE (CCRM is now starting weening as soon as 8.5 weeks)
3/7 10 Weeks 5 days weened completely of FET meds A1C 5.3% (Normal)
3/9 11 Weeks 1 day my progesterone level was 15 and my estrogen level was 881 (I freaked out!)
3/16 12 Weeks 1 day baby heard on doppler 164 HB
4/14 16 week 2 days Ultrasound baby is looking good with all good numbers sized 17 weeks. Also got to hear her on the doppler for a few mins too.
5/5 19 Weeks 2 days going in for "20" week anatomy ultrasound got measurements but need to come back as wasn't able to get all the measurements
MEASUREMENTS BPD 4.6 cm 19 weeks 6 days* (78%) HC 17.0 cm 19 weeks 4 days* (70%) AC 14.5 cm 19 weeks 4 days* (69%) Femur 3.1 cm 19 weeks 6 days* (63%) Humerus 3.1 cm 20 weeks 2 days (84%) Cerebellum 2.0 cm 19 weeks 5 days
CisternaMagna 6.2 mm Nuchal Fold 4.5 mm
HC/AC 1.17 FL/AC 0.22 FL/BPD 0.68 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 309 grams - 0 lbs 11 oz
THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 19 weeks 5 days +/- 10 days.
6/9 24 Weeks 2 days Glucose Test 1 hour (Failed) 190
6/16 25 Weeks 2 days Ultrasound and 1st Baby Shower
6/20 25 Weeks 6 days Glucose Test 3 Hours (Failed) 95 (95), 183 (180), 213 (155), 198 (140) etc
6/21 26 Weeks Recommended to a perintologist
6/22 26 Weeks 1 day start monitoring blood sugar levels
6/30 27 Weeks 2 day A1 (blood sugar test ordered)
7/5 28 Weeks Echo and 3d Ultrasound
AMNIOTIC FLUID Q1: 2.6 Q2: 3.2 Q3: 4.8 Q4: 5.6 AFI Total = 16.3 cm Amniotic Fluid: Normal
MEASUREMENTS BPD 7.2 cm 28 weeks 5 days* (60%) HC 26.4 cm 28 weeks 4 days* (48%) AC 23.3 cm 27 weeks 4 days* (36%) Femur 5.2 cm 28 weeks 0 days* (36%) Humerus 4.8 cm 28 weeks 0 days (49%)
HC/AC 1.13 FL/AC 0.23 FL/BPD 0.73 Ceph Index 0.77 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 1142 grams - 2 lbs 8 oz (37%)
THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 28 weeks 1 day +/- 14 days.
7/10 28 Weeks 5 days Dietitian Appt and Lactatcian Consultant and A1 blood draw 5.4% (normal) 218.5 pounds
7/20 30 Weeks GD consult. 6 Lantus at 7pm daily. Novolog 1 unit for every 15 gm carbohydrate if consumed more than 30 gm at brkfst or 60 gm at lunch or supper 215.6 pounds
7/20 30 Weeks Transferred care to OB due to high risk. 216 pounds
8/2 32 Weeks Ultrasound (not cooperative and still breech) and then weekly NST's
MEASUREMENTS BPD 8.0 cm 32 weeks 2 days* (44%) HC 29.2 cm 31 weeks 6 days* (22%) AC 26.9 cm 31 weeks 0 days* (24%) Femur 6.3 cm 32 weeks 2 days* (57%) Humerus 5.7 cm 32 weeks 6 days (71%)
HC/AC 1.08 FL/AC 0.23 FL/BPD 0.78 Ceph Index 0.78 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 1808 grams - 3 lbs 15 oz (29%)
THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 31 weeks 6 days +/- 18 days.
AMNIOTIC FLUID Q1: 3.4 Q2: 2.9 Q3: 2.9 Q4: 4.4 AFI Total = 13.6 cm Amniotic Fluid: Normal
8/8 32w6d upped to 1:10 for dinner
8/11 Baby Shower
8/13 Baby Shower
8/16 34 weeks NST good reading Upped to 8 at bed for fasting and 1:7 for dinner
8/18 Dr Appt
8/24 35 weeks 1 day (was suppose to be scheduled for 36 weeks) Weeks Ultrasound/GD Dr Appt/OB Appt
Frank Breech
MEASUREMENTS BPD 8.9 cm 35 weeks 6 days* (67%) HC 31.7 cm 35 weeks 1 day * (35%) AC 30.2 cm 34 weeks 2 days* (33%) Femur 6.9 cm 34 weeks 6 days* (57%) Humerus 6.0 cm 34 weeks 6 days (64%)
HC/AC 1.05 FL/AC 0.23 FL/BPD 0.78 Ceph Index 0.80 EFW (Ac/Fl/Hc) 2494 grams - 5 lbs 8 oz (39%)
THE AVERAGE GESTATIONAL AGE is 35 weeks 1 day +/- 21 days.
AMNIOTIC FLUID Q1: 3.3 Q2: 3.8 Q3: 2.4 Q4: 3.8 AFI Total = 13.4 cm Amniotic Fluid: Normal
8/31 36 Weeks
9/7 37 Weeks
9/10 Water broke...I got it tested at the emergency room it it showed it was negative. More water breaking and didn't go to the dr.
9/11 37 weeks 4 days Called the Dr and got retested for water breaking...
10:30pmish Baby Girl Born via Emergency C Section (Frank Breech Baby) 6lbs 3oz -
9/13 Dropped to 5 pounds 10oz and had jaundice
9/13 38 weeks
9/22 39 Weeks 2 days C Section Scheduled for 10am (arrive at 8am) Equinox/Solstice
EDD 9/27
DS born 3/11
Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!!
divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started)
Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!!
Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18
TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
Month/cycle: 8/1 AL
CD/DPO: 23/?
Timing: wasn't monitoring this cycle
Testing: nope
R/R/CS: I see some familiar faces here and some new ones! I didn't want to do a whole re-intro thread, so I'm just popping in here. I started TTC in August and have found some great support and advice on this board. I had a CP in December, and recently a miscarriage at 8 weeks at the beginning of March. I've taken the past few weeks off actively TTC, though I've been physically cleared by my doctor, for emotional reasons. I'm finally feeling ready to try again with enthusiasm, so I'm hoping this cycle isn't too crazy and I can start a new one in the next week or so. When I had my follow up ultrasound a week after my miscarriage he said I was already gearing up to ovulate, so I'm hoping it won't be long and I can rejoin you lovely ladies!
GTKY: How did you and DH/SO meet? Smashed off whiskey at a Spice Girls concert
TGIT all! Back later for comments!
Month/cycle: 11/11
CD/DPO: 19/3 (finally got my CH this morning!)
Timing: -1 +1
Testing: Only if AF is late.
R/R/CS: I know I know, you’re normal til your not. But I always O around CD 12-13 and didn’t until CD16 this month, just seems weird. My timing is okay, but IDK- the last two months (last and this) I haven’t been letting myself get my hopes up. I think part of it is transitioning back to work & adjusting to that again. As noted in the WTO, my new healthcare kicks in tomorrow so I’m really excited about finding a new OBGYN here in MPLS & making an appointment & hearing about next steps.
GTKY: Posted in the WTO
ME: 31 | DH: 31
Married: April 2015
TTC (BBT & FF) #1: April 2015 (Off BC: January 2015)
Fur Baby: 1 English Mastiff (Rupert)