@houseofsetters That sounds awesome. I'm really considering acupuncture, just can't quite pull the trigger. The more I see it here, the more I want to try though!!!
Married 2011
TTC #1 since April 2015
Fur child: One awesome Golden Retriever IUI August 2016 : Cancelled due to polyp September 2016: Polyp removal/hysteroscopy October 2016: IUI #1- BFN November 2016: IUI #2- BFN December 2016: IUI #3 - BFN January/February 2017 - IVF + ICSI + PGD March 2017 - FET
R/R/CS: I've been MIA for a few days because I'm in exams and studying every waking moment. Just not sure if I should bench it for now or keep TTC. I am currently finishing my nursing degree and will be finished in December. Between work and clinicals this summer and fall, I'll be working over 60 hours per week to meet my clinical hours plus 3 classes. Everyone is telling me to wait until I'm finished school...secure a good job (I am currently a diploma nurse and have a good job in the hospital) and then start thinking about TTC. I go back and forth about it. Finishing this degree and getting a job in my dream specialty has been a huge life goal of mine forever...and I'm almost there. But I also can't get TTC out of my mind...it's all I think about day and night...I want it so badly. And what if it takes a really long time? I don't know...life dilemmas happening over here.
Also my SIL's baby shower is next month and I was "told" today what I'm helping with. I feel like such a bad person for being so jealous and dreading going to the shower. DH's entire family and small town will be there...and I guarantee you they will all be commenting/asking "you guys have been married for 5 years...when will YOU have a baby?"...having a hard day guys.
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession? I
AARON CARTER. Remember him? I was obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. About 2 years ago he came to Toronto and I went to see him in a small bar show...he was so cocky and terrible. totally put me off
Me: 27 // DH: 30 Married 05/21/2011 TTC Since Feb 2016 RE: Dec 2016 Dx: PCOS 5 rounds of Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel + TI BFP!!!! June 2017 // EDD: 04/01/2018 IT'S A BOY!
@leekat14 - I was just going through some posts I missed easier and just wanted to give you creepy internet hugs. I always get really emotional reading posts from those of you having really rough days- TTC related or otherwise- and never know what to say. Just know that all your imaginary friends are here with you! And you have good taste in teen celebrity crushes. Mmm My So-Called Life era Jared Leto in all his brooding glory...
And @Kenya715 - thank you for the green tea info! I hate pills/meds too so I love the idea of green tea (even though it tastes like swamp water to me)
WAYDTGKU: will try to HIO EOD, PNVs, Preseed, I'm starting temping tomorrow (hopefully). Although I don't see much of a reason to, if we're still going to HIO eod
R/R/CS: none really! I'm just impatient so I'm ready to start again
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession? Oh gosh. Hayden Christensen. I had a whole shrine going! It was bad. Also 2pac.. haha I'm a little young for it but man when I first saw one of his music videos I thought he was so sexy! Still do!
WAYDTGKU: PNV, VitE, will use OPKs and preseed again soon, HIO
R/R/CS: I'll be using OPKs again soon. I ordered some Wondfos from Amazon for my POAS problem lol. Just got done with my 3rd 12 hour shift in a row so I am tired! But excited to have Fri-Sun off
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession? Childhood: JTT! Teenage: Leonardo DiCaprio or Ryan Gosling.
@vintageandrea90 Go with your gut A lot of people say "oh wait until you're done with this thing" but I think there will always be *something* going on in your life that could be used as a reason for putting off TTC--before I started TTC, I was scared to death at the thought of having a child and was telling my best friend "but I still need to travel! And hike the Pacific Coast Trail! And go skydiving again!" And he was like, "Oh please. Take the kid with you. If you want to have adventures still, your kid can too and will be all the more awesome for it."
That said, if you really want it, you'll make it work and there's no better time than now.
I'm back, I needed a little break, and I've been spending more time in the TTTC board. I have to say, this thread has so much eye candy for my 15 year old self... it's awesome
Month/Cycle: 11/12
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: nothing but bd... I'm taking a break from temping, opk's all of it. I'm so done.
R/R/CS: Can I just rant about something other than TTC for a moment... I found this great horse barn that I really like, all of my instructors have been really great so far (yes, instructorS, we have 3-4 per class) and they just gave me a new horse that is a better challenge for me. I was loving it, until tonight. Tonight, the owner of the barn (who I had never met until tonight) decided she was going to teach our lesson so that she could "train" the other instructors. She proceeds to use this microphone to basically boss us around for an hour. My horse is a challenge, so each instructor was giving me their piece of advice as I rode past them, and then the Boss was using me as an example of what not to do for all the other students!! Not only was I getting conflicting advice from each instructor (loosen your reins, choke up on your reins, sit back, lift up your reins, OH she canters when you sit back and lift up your reins? well don't do that...) but I felt like the owner was just so arrogant and unhelpful. I spend a lot of money to have the chance to ride and it's not so I can be berated in front other riders, when frankly, I'm a much more advanced rider than any of them (hence why I was given a more challenging horse). The horse is great, I can work through her quirks, but what drove me nuts was the conflicting and condescending teaching that was going on. end rant.
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession? Oh my heart be still... I still can't believe he is gone so few teenage heartthrobs manage to act their way into more mature roles, Heath was one of a kind.
Me 34 DH 36 Married since July 2010 MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
TTC #1 since June 2015 Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved. Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature 5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP! May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019 July 2019 - FET - BFN Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
Re: WTO Thursday
IUI August 2016 : Cancelled due to polyp
September 2016: Polyp removal/hysteroscopy
October 2016: IUI #1- BFN
November 2016: IUI #2- BFN
December 2016: IUI #3 - BFN
January/February 2017 - IVF + ICSI + PGD
March 2017 - FET
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: BBT/OPK/Vitex/B6
R/R/CS: I've been MIA for a few days because I'm in exams and studying every waking moment. Just not sure if I should bench it for now or keep TTC. I am currently finishing my nursing degree and will be finished in December. Between work and clinicals this summer and fall, I'll be working over 60 hours per week to meet my clinical hours plus 3 classes. Everyone is telling me to wait until I'm finished school...secure a good job (I am currently a diploma nurse and have a good job in the hospital) and then start thinking about TTC. I go back and forth about it. Finishing this degree and getting a job in my dream specialty has been a huge life goal of mine forever...and I'm almost there. But I also can't get TTC out of my mind...it's all I think about day and night...I want it so badly. And what if it takes a really long time? I don't know...life dilemmas happening over here.
Also my SIL's baby shower is next month and I was "told" today what I'm helping with. I feel like such a bad person for being so jealous and dreading going to the shower. DH's entire family and small town will be there...and I guarantee you they will all be commenting/asking "you guys have been married for 5 years...when will YOU have a baby?"...having a hard day guys.
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession? I
AARON CARTER. Remember him? I was obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. About 2 years ago he came to Toronto and I went to see him in a small bar show...he was so cocky and terrible. totally put me off
Married 05/21/2011
TTC Since Feb 2016
RE: Dec 2016 Dx: PCOS
5 rounds of Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel + TI
BFP!!!! June 2017 // EDD: 04/01/2018
IT'S A BOY!
Month/Cycle: 6/1st cycle since MC
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: will try to HIO EOD, PNVs, Preseed, I'm starting temping tomorrow (hopefully). Although I don't see much of a reason to, if we're still going to HIO eod
R/R/CS: none really! I'm just impatient so I'm ready to start again
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession? Oh gosh. Hayden Christensen. I had a whole shrine going! It was bad. Also 2pac.. haha I'm a little young for it but man when I first saw one of his music videos I thought he was so sexy! Still do!
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: PNV, VitE, will use OPKs and preseed again soon, HIO
R/R/CS: I'll be using OPKs again soon. I ordered some Wondfos from Amazon for my POAS problem lol. Just got done with my 3rd 12 hour shift in a row so I am tired! But excited to have Fri-Sun off
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession? Childhood: JTT! Teenage: Leonardo DiCaprio or Ryan Gosling.
That said, if you really want it, you'll make it work and there's no better time than now.
I have to say, this thread has so much eye candy for my 15 year old self... it's awesome
Month/Cycle: 11/12
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: nothing but bd... I'm taking a break from temping, opk's all of it. I'm so done.
R/R/CS: Can I just rant about something other than TTC for a moment... I found this great horse barn that I really like, all of my instructors have been really great so far (yes, instructorS, we have 3-4 per class) and they just gave me a new horse that is a better challenge for me. I was loving it, until tonight.
Tonight, the owner of the barn (who I had never met until tonight) decided she was going to teach our lesson so that she could "train" the other instructors. She proceeds to use this microphone to basically boss us around for an hour. My horse is a challenge, so each instructor was giving me their piece of advice as I rode past them, and then the Boss was using me as an example of what not to do for all the other students!! Not only was I getting conflicting advice from each instructor (loosen your reins, choke up on your reins, sit back, lift up your reins, OH she canters when you sit back and lift up your reins? well don't do that...) but I felt like the owner was just so arrogant and unhelpful. I spend a lot of money to have the chance to ride and it's not so I can be berated in front other riders, when frankly, I'm a much more advanced rider than any of them (hence why I was given a more challenging horse). The horse is great, I can work through her quirks, but what drove me nuts was the conflicting and condescending teaching that was going on. end rant.
GTKY: What was your biggest teenage celebrity obsession?
Oh my heart be still...
I still can't believe he is gone
MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved.
Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019
July 2019 - FET - BFN
Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy