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GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
Me: 36 DH 35
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
Re: TWW Friday 9/30
R/R: (just a spoiler since it's long and I learned how to do it yesterday)
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
March 5 is my birthday. When I was younger, I shared it with my twin and we sometimes had a friend party. When I was in college, I celebrated at my small school with friends and then partied at my sister's university that weekend or the next. Now most of my friends are teachers and either it's our spring break / theirs and people are on vacation or everyone is hopping around to the different towns' early St. Patty's Day parades. Winter birthdays can be just as bad as summer because people don't want to leave their houses when it's cold. Between my family and DH's, I think we have 7 March Bdays, so his family does a combined get together. They repeat it in May, July, and September because there are clusters.
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
@NYTino24, sorry that you DH isn't getting it. I know that must be frustrating.
Month/Cycle: 4/4
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
December 6! I always had a party with my friends when I was younger. last year I was in Spain for my 30th, so it's kinda hard to top that one! We usually just go out for dinner like an old married couple!
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? 6/24, I also have a twin so me and my brother have always celebrated together, actually we still do. DH is very close with my brother and my brothers fiancé was my roommate in college so we all have mutual friends which has always been nice! I love being close to family!
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? My birthday is November 23. When I was a kid, we would have family b-day parties; which was basically my grandma coming over and we would do cake and ice cream. From kindergarten all the way through high school, there was always another (more popular) girl that had the same b-day as me so nobody would remember mine. Now, if we do anything, DH might take me out to dinner but that would generally be it.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
Month/Cycle: 7
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
My birthday is in about a month and a half away. I actually have more fun with my birthdays now that I'm an adult because I get to choose exactly what I want to do that day. Normally it's outdoors stuff like camping or going sight seeing out of town.
Month/Cycle: 13/13
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
i am a summer baby - End of June - So I'm starting to sound like a real party animal with these GTKY's but I assure you I am super boring now lol. When I was single and before DS, I lived down the shore year-round; for my birthday, my friends and I would rent a cabana at our favorite shore bar and dance the night away. It was always a good time. My sister also makes crazy cakes so for my 30th birthday (last birthday before I met OH), she made me this 50 shades of Grey Cake (pic below) While those birthdays were always fun, I prefer how I celebrate now which is I take the day off from work and we have a family day with DS, OH and I. This year we went to sesame place!
DX Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Factor V Leiden Mutation, Secondary Infertility
MFI (SA #1Count 11mill, Motility: 18%, Morphology: 1%)
AMH .328 | FSH 13.2
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
july 15. I usually go out to dinner with my family and some friends, nothing fancy. The only times I really did anything special were milestone bdays (18, 21..)
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? I love birthdays!! My birthday is January 9th. I love that it's so close to the Holidays and the New Year. It helps cushion the end of holidays depression. Growing up my parents' always took the tree down on the 2nd or 3rd. I use to beg for them to keep it up until my birthday and they never did (bastards). So now that I'm the adult, my tree stays up until the 11th, even if only one needle is left on it. I also love that a new calendar year starts sort of with my birthday. It's a cool feeling, a real fresh start for a new year of Berg. Since my older sis and bro are two years and four days apart, my Mom had their parties every other year. One was even, the other odds. She kept this trend for me (odd years) and I hated it and still think it's stupid. But growing up we always got to pick whether we went out to dinner or what we wanted cooked. We always had the cake of our choosing (ice cream from a specific place). Now I mostly hang out and sing the 'it's my birthday' song and answer any question DH asks with some form of 'it's my birthday.' Two years ago we went to the DR and I woke up and got to go to the beach and lay out and have a 'summer' birthday, which was pretty cool. I love my birthday more than I can articulate. I count down from July 9th and periodically send texts out letting everyone know how close we are (normally the responses are exactly pleasant). But it's not just my birthday, I love all birthdays. I wake up on DH's (Feb. 27th) and decorate the entire bedroom while he sleeps as if he is 6. Last year (30th) his birthday was a Saturday, so we had birthday week. Every day starting the Sunday before he got a riddle and a (small) gift that led up to the final gift (Golfing with his buddy in the DR on an insane course). We left the day before his birthday but he didn't get his riddle about going until about 15 hours before we were leaving and even then he didn't know where we were going or for how long. I packed his things, stole his golf clubs, had his two friends meet us at the airport. The final riddle on his birthday was accompanied with tees and golf balls. After that we still had 6 days to just relax. It was perfect. I had so much fun planning it all!
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? My birthday is in June. I had a pool in my backyard growing up so I'd usually have a pool party or a sleepover when I was a kid. Now I don't do anything really - actually this year I spent the whole day assembling DD's gifts for her birthday which is 3 days after mine. I did have two awesome birthdays though. In 2011 (age 29), DH's cousin got married in Sweden on my birthday so I used that as an excuse to go to Europe for two weeks. And in 2014 (age 32), we were on our honeymoon in South Africa on my birthday. We were on safari at the time, and scheduled an elephant back safari that morning, so that was pretty effing awesome. I was hoping that DD would be born on my birthday in 2015, because then I could claim to no longer have a birthday and not age past 33, but no such luck, haha. :-)
CS/Q: Nope. Both FF and I are clueless as to wtf is going on.
GTKU: I'm July 2. Everyone is always out of town for July 4th. H and I figured if you can't beat 'em, join 'em and have started making a beach weekend out of it.
I'll be back later to comment!
Married: October 2009
TTC#1: August 2016
DD Born 10/20/17
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? Mine is mid-November This year I'll be 30, so I'm hoping DH puts together something a bit more special, but as of now, I am scheduled to be out of town for work both the day before and day of, so who knows. Likely we'll do a nice dinner with family. When I was younger, we did birthday parties with family and friends, but nothing too extravagant.
@delujm0 - My husband shares a birthday with his mom - she says she stopping age at 28 because of it!
@berg - I love your birthday enthusiasm!
@NYTino24 - Sorry your DH doesn't understand, but the positive is that he wants to understand. My DH isn't so inclined!
BFP: 10.3.16 | CP: 10.11.16
BFP: 12.14.16 | CP: 12.14.16
BFP: 1.23.17 | EDD 10.6.17 -- DS born 10.7.17
BFP: 9.9.18 | EDD 5.23.19 -- DD born 5.24.19
BFP: 9.1.21 | MC 10.1.21
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
October 13. My mom always threw me a bday party when I was younger, now DH and I just go out for a nice date. Last year it worked out that we were in a Disneyland for it and that was one of my favorite birthdays!
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
October 11. So its coming up soon! I used to do the normal kid birthday celebrations (my mom was good about throwing super fun parties). And then in college all my friends would go out and party. Now DH and I kind of do one big celebration with our families sometime around the middle of October for his birthday (10/3), my birthday (10/11) and our anniversary (10/25). Knock all the celebrating out at once.
Married: October 2014
TTC#1:May 2016
BFP: 11/16/16 EDD: 7/30/17
4 fur babies
DD 1 10/2012
CP 9/2013
DD 2 6/2014
CP 3/2016
BFP 12/8/2016
thicker, sticker and more while (less clear)
so it gives me hope about improved quality and therefore better chances
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? June 15. My parents have always done something (party, dinner trip) DH and I will do dinner but honestly, I hate being the center of attention (when its not a performance, which I don't do anymore anyway lol) so its not something I encourage.
Edit: learning spoiler boxes!
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!
@NYTino24 I'm glad that your STDI was approved!
Month/Cycle: 1/1
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? My birthday is at the end of August. I love it because it's right before the seasons change. It's such an exciting time of year for me. When I was little, though, it actually often coincided with the first day of school, which was kind of a bummer. But my parents would always throw a pool party for me.
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
January 26. I share my birthday with Ellen Degeneres. Most of my family has birthdays in the holiday belt, nov 3, dec 12, 23, 25, jan 1, 2, 15, 26, feb 2. So not only do we get to celebrate the holidays, but we get to start and end it all with birthdays! DH and I are 2 years and 1 week apart (im older) so he usually cooks me a fantastic dinner, and the last couple years he has made me something special for dessert. We then go out for dinner the weekend in between, and then for his I bake him something special. I am the baker of the house, so for him to even try is super sweet, but he has gotten better each year! I usually go all out, last year he had margarita cupcakes, basically a vanilla lime cake, with lime curd, and tequila lime frosting, finished with finishing salt. Birthdays are big with me!
Married: 7/21/12
BFP: 12/4/16 Due 8/8/17 -- Its a boy! Born 8/14/17
BFP: 5/19/19 and MC on 5/27/19
BFP: 6/24/19, MC on 7/24/19
BFP: 10/24, no heartbeat on 11/27, D&C 12/2
Officially diagnosed with Secondary infertility and recurrent miscarriage
IVF started Feb 2020
retrieval and PGT testing: 18 retrieved, 17 mature, 16 fertilized, 9 to blast, 8 PGT normal.
Transfer #1: June 14, 2020
@JulesDP That's an awesome way to spend a birthday!
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD/DPO: 24/6
Timing: pretty good
Testing: next week
R/R: Not enjoying this little popup ad that is starting to come up on TheBump down in the right corner. It's noisy and slows the page down. Come on, Bump!
CS/Q: Nope.
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
Mine is Dec 11, so 2 weeks before Christmas, which is easy to get lost in the holiday rush. When I was younger we used to celebrate my birthday at Thanksgiving so everyone would already be gathered. I liked it because I preferred pumpkin pie over cake anyway.
Me: 36 DH: 41
Me: 36 DH: 41
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? June 1st! I always had a pool party!
Seriously spotting, I am so frustrated. What is the likelihood its implantation bleeding? And is implantation bleeding light (i.e. barely noticeable?) cuz then that is not what this is... *le sigh*. I know you guys don't have ute goggles, but i really need to vent today.
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
My birthday is July 20. Typically we just do dinner out and DH will make me some chocolate covered strawberries. Its really not that big a deal in our house, but we at least acknowledge it.
My Ovulation Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/CallMeMrsChaos/
Married: 7/21/12
BFP: 12/4/16 Due 8/8/17 -- Its a boy! Born 8/14/17
BFP: 5/19/19 and MC on 5/27/19
BFP: 6/24/19, MC on 7/24/19
BFP: 10/24, no heartbeat on 11/27, D&C 12/2
Officially diagnosed with Secondary infertility and recurrent miscarriage
IVF started Feb 2020
retrieval and PGT testing: 18 retrieved, 17 mature, 16 fertilized, 9 to blast, 8 PGT normal.
Transfer #1: June 14, 2020
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? April 25th. My mom would always throw parties when we were growing up. We also did a few family trips to Disneyland on my birthday, it's a good time to visit the park. Now I usually plan an adventure for DH and I, the past few years have been day trips to San Francisco to visit a different museum and go to my favorite restaurant. And I just had to add this:
Married April 2016
BFP: 4/21/2017 EDD: 12/31/17
TTC #1: 4/2016 - 4/2017
Became a momma to a wonderfully weird rescue dog in May 2016
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? Christmas Eve! We always did something completely unrelated to Christmas. I love my bday and wouldn't change it!
Month/Cycle: 3/3 post-myomectomy
But my in-laws are coming in for the night, late, and H will be gone until tomorrow so I have to entertain. H is doing a triathlon tomorrow so that's why they're here, to "see him do it," but they don't quite understand the concept of the swim (you can't see him in the water), or the race course (you can't drive through it to find another spot if you missed him when he went by), but they will not be deterred by what a pain in the ass it will be to find him in this race. They asked for "an address" so they can GPS it tomorrow and I'm like "ok, they still haven't figure out how races work." I, thankfully, get to stay home. The good news is the BIL I actually like is doing the race too so it'll be fun to spend time with him.
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger?
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
@krisnicole23 It's so hard not comparing yourself to others! I've been trying to stop for a second every time I catch myself doing it and just rationally go through it - babies are not a finite resource and just because it hasn't happened for me yet doesn't mean it never will. It helps, at least a little!
@Marley629 OMG that cake!!!!
@shstephenson So glad your test came back all clear!!
@alysapuggles UGH, agree about the ad! So annoying and loud!
Month/Cycle: 5/3 (2 TTCAL)
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? May! I always make a big fuss and go out to a nice dinner. I love birthdays (mine and others)!
BFP #1: 5/16
MMC at 8 weeks: 6/16
BFP #2: 10/16
Sweet baby boy arrived 7/7/17!
@shstephenson Congrats on the clear scan!!! That much be such a relief!
Married April 2016
BFP: 4/21/2017 EDD: 12/31/17
TTC #1: 4/2016 - 4/2017
Became a momma to a wonderfully weird rescue dog in May 2016
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
Month/Cycle: 22/18
CD/DPO: 19/3 DPIUI
Timing: -3, 0 IUI, +1 or -4, -1 IUI, 0
Testing: Probably 10/7, even though that will be early
R/R: Today was my coworker’s birthday party so we have had so much food! We always throw her a big party because she doesn’t have any other family besides her “work family”. It’s always a really fun time!
CS/Q: None
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? My birthday was last Sunday. I am not ashamed to admit that I have a birthday week. DH and I went out last weekend, and this weekend I’m going out with my girlfriends. It’s pretty low key, just an excuse to all get together. As a kid, my family always went all out for birthdays. My brother and I had birthday parties with our friends then a birthday party with our family. (We also got to skip school on our birthdays.) I think that has just stuck with me. DH doesn’t really get it because his family never did big birthdays. I told him when I get KU, I’ll just be in charge of birthdays!
Me: 25 | DH: 29
MC: March 2016
BFP #2: October 2016
Our fur-baby is a black Labrador Retriever.
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5a8aa2/
@NYTino24 It took my DH a while to grasp fertility knowledge, too. I just kept talking to him about it, and he finally began to catch on. He is totally grossed out by the term “cervical mucus,” but he knows what each different type means, now. He will also ask me periodically during my TWW if my temp is still high. Just be persistent and patient with him. He’ll get there. And if he doesn’t mind reading (my DH hates it), you may be able to ask him read Taking Charge of your Fertility with you.
@krisnicole23 I totally get the frustration! When DH and I first started TTC, we would joke that we were just planning to meet all of our friends during round two (when they start trying for their second baby) so our babies could grow up together. But at the same time, we question if we will “meet them in round two”.
@JulesDP Happy early Anniversary!
@shstephenson Congratulations on the clear ultrasound!! I know your ecstatic!
@spk112 Enjoy your weekend off!
@alysapuggles The popup ad is driving me crazy, too!
@MrsDorkCharming We had a friend that got married on April 25th and everyone kept telling her it was the “perfect date”. (And to be honest, the weather was fantastic that day!)
Me: 25 | DH: 29
MC: March 2016
BFP #2: October 2016
Our fur-baby is a black Labrador Retriever.
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5a8aa2/
@BertieMeetsGertie - Sorry about the weekend OT. That sucks. I am jealous you went to Spain though.
@lulu1180 - Yay for a decent night sleep. We have a cat that will meow loudly in the middle of the night to wake us up but when 1 of us gets up, he pretends he's asleep on the couch.
@krisnicole23 @MommytoM13 - Sorry about the BFNs
@shstephenson - Glad your test was good!
@tripledaggerWed95976 @CallMeMrsChaos - Fx for you tomorrow
@kiwi2628 - Hey fellow September birthday!
@JulesDP - Happy Anniversary!
@spk112 - Yay for having the weekend off.
@alysapuggles - I hear you on that ad. It's very annoying. Thankfully the sound on my computer is off so I don't hear it.
@MrsDarkCharming - Your grandma sounds like mine. That's something mine would say
@mrlight - Happy (belated) birthday!
GTKU: When is your birthday? Do you do anything special to celebrate it now or did you when you were younger? My birthday is September 5th. When I was younger, I'd get the big yellow smiley face cookies and share them with my class. Now DH and I go out to eat somewhere and that's about it
Married: 07-2014
TTC #1: Since November 2015
Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
due to previous issues.
***TW***
BFP: 11/4/2016
*TW*