@loveindc As usual I agree with @heatherdubrow -- your doctor may still be a good obstetrician, but she shouldn't be giving out clomid like that. And unless you are having some other kind of problem (for instance, never ovulating, no periods, cycles <20 days, something like that) there's no reason to interfere with your cycle with any medication at this point. You may do more harm than good.
@loveindc I am with @heatherdubrow and @adirat DO NOT TAKE CLOMID FROM AN OBGYN! (sorry not yelling at you just trying to emphasize to any lurkers out there what a bad idea this is!) It can take a while to regulate off BC. even if you have a long cycle it does not mean its an an-O cycle. Starting to temp is a great step to know whats happening with your body. Before you consider taking any type of fertility meds its super important to have blood work, a HSG and SA done... there is no point to fertility meds if your tubes are blocked or its a sperm problem.... If you like her keep her as an OB, just not someone to help you get KTFU.
*TW*
TTC 1/2012 Diagnosed : unexplained infertility 6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015 TTC #3 5/2016 Restarted Fertility tx IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
So I am just trying to prep for when I do have my doctor's appointment for questions I want to ask. I am curious, I have read others on here talk about clotting disorders and having a test to check for that. Does anyone know what that test was called?
I don't know there is an issue and my OB *TW* said she wasn't going to start recommending baby aspirin yet since I only had one CP *TW* but I have noticed that when I do have my super short periods, there are lots of clots and thick blood at the beginning and then it's just spotty after that.
@adirat enjoy your dinner! @canonmom413 happy birthday! @LoveInDC fx the temp dip is your O day! I've only had about 3 dips of all my charts but I know it happens! @Dilynne so happy your brother got released!
@dragonfly87 there are several different clotting disorders (MTHR, factor V etc) out there that can be problematic when TTC/pregnant. and with clotting disorders the problem can be one of two things... one you don't clot appropriately so you bleed or your body makes clots too easily and then a clot can be in the blood stream and block the babies blood flow. To me the clots you are seeing are probably more of an indication of more rapid/volume sloughing so that it clots coming out. I do get clots sometimes also but its normal and not related to my clotting disorder.... Feel free to ask about it but from your history I'm not sure I would focus so much on a clotting problem...
*TW*
TTC 1/2012 Diagnosed : unexplained infertility 6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015 TTC #3 5/2016 Restarted Fertility tx IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
WAYDTGKU?: Pnv, temp, cm, opk, hio. Going to add jacuzzis and coffee and beer. I hear that works...
R/R: how is it Monday again? So many Mondays. Jacuzzis and coffee and beer actually sound kinda wonderful!
CS/Q: nope.
GTKY: Waht would you be doing if you weren't at your current job? H and I have this conversation regularly and we both say pharmacist. Good pay, scheduled hours, no after hours on call stuff. Potential employers on every corner. Sounds wonderful.
@wabash15: Thanks for the insights! I am probably just worrying about nothing, but trying to figure what is possibly wrong with my super weird periods right now.
@blackrose that sounds miserable. Hope it's either crazy busy so you can't think about being tired and it's over quick or super quiet so you can try to squeeze in a cat nap
@adirat I inventoried my freezer a couple weeks ago and all I was surprised by were a few freeze-dried vegan hot dogs my sister must've left at our house. I'm jealous of your lobster tails!
@canonmom414 happy birthday! FX that O was your bday present!
@orbmaker I bet you see some craziness in the ER! I went to the nice quiet er to get my foot rads last week and even there had plenty of drama and drug seeking
@loveindc FX for O! I also usually see a dip on O day.
@lulu1180 ugh snowy commutes suck. Continued t&p for your family.
@flashley glad you made an appointment. Hope it helps!
@heatherdubrow yikes! Glad she's OK. I don't understand the scheduled induction thing either.
@dilynne happy Monday indeed! Congrats for your brother and the win!
@wabash15 I didn't know a milk tester was a thing! Makes sense tho. Maybe I will change my answer to ice cream tester hope the kiddos feel better soon
@feeislove sorry to hear that. Mad cow is a little crazy! I didn't think that was really going around anymore with all the monitoring of herds. T&p for you and him.
@dragonfly87 After my losses my first few periods were always weird. I would get clots as well, something I'd never had before. Mine regulated after about 3 cycles. Hopefully your body is just regulating! It can't hurt to ask your dr for bloodwork. We did because we wanted to rule out any issues right away since we are both older.
@Redpuma119: thanks for the response and sorry for your losses. I guess I will see what happens with my next AF. **TW** Since I had a CP at 4 weeks, 3 days, I figured it wouldn't affect my cycles too much...but wondering if it did.
@Dilynne happy Monday to you! sounds like it is a good one @feeislove so sorry to hear about your drama teacher @canonmom413 Happy Birthday! @lulu1180 continued positive thoughts for you and your family
M/C: 3/4
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU?: pnv, hio, watching/tracking cm
R/R: Rave: We're getting our new sofa delivered tomorrow and I'm really excited. We ordered it the day after Christmas. Rant: My biggest complaint is weather. I wake up and it is in the 30s and by the time I leave work it is 70+. What happened to winter?!? and of course everyone is getting sick. Also, I had a dream that my boss told me my office was closing in June. I'm hoping it is one of those dreams that do not come true.
CS/Q: not yet
GTKY: What would you be doing if you weren't at your current job? I read this initially as if I were not working today...I was thinking, napping, maybe on a vacation somewhere. As I read others' posts I realized it was more about the kind of work. Social Work is actually my second career. I started out in journalism but quickly realized it was not for me. I did some behind the scenes work at local television stations and decided to take the leap and go back for my Masters, but if I could do anything at all...I would be a movie/tv reviewer. Getting paid to watch movies/TV sounds like a good time to me!
TTC#1 10/2016 TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each. BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021 planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks, some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
Sorry for the P&G yesterday, I didn't expect to be busy all day!
@canonmom413 happy happy birthday! FX for O @blackrose@mispanda@orbmaker I want to be a nurse and work in a NICU too!! I'm finishing prereqs for nursing school (I currently work as a financial analyst) and hoping to apply this year and see what happens @feeislove I'm so sorry to hear that
FF tells me I'm 3 DPO so hopping over to TWW for the first time ever
TTGP March Siggy Challenge: Animals Celebrating St. Patrick's Day
It seems like there are a lot of nurses on here and I just want to say you all deserve a standing ovation! It takes a lot of strength to do what you do so thank you!
Me:31 ~ DH: 28
Swiped Right: 6/2014 Married: 9/2016 TTC # 1: 11/2016 BFP: 5/2017 Baby Boy: 1/2018 Link to FF Charts
@blackrose@heatherdubrow@ag90@cactusblossum the ED can definitely get crazy! I used to work in a very urban department, which was intolerable (SO many patients + not enough nurses = unsafe conditions and unrelenting stress). Now I work in a sort-of-less-urban urban department, and my QOL is higher (I have time to talk to my patients
I don't want to be a downer, so take the following with a grain of salt: I just want to warn you that many nurses-to-be aspire to work in nicu/l&d/peds, so competition for new grad fellowships can be fierce and much of the time you can't start there – you may have to begin your career in adult nursing. Make sure you are capable of caring for adults, too
Jokes on me. So, I went to get the lab work done and the lab won't release blood work results directly to a patient. So I have to schedule an appointment with my doc to find out the results. Soonest date, February 13. So, it's a waiting game.
@feeislove Sorry to hear about his illness. I also had a very memorable, wise HS drama teacher and I still think of him often, 16 years later (in particular, a kind of group meditation he would lead to help us get centered before a performance). Theater departments can really be like a second family.
@orbmaker that's actually what has been holding me back (I could have finished school by now based on when I started prereqs), everyone wants to work with the babies. I'm applying to school to see how that makes me feel but may defer for a year or until I'm at a point later in life that I want to do it. We'll see! Trying not to put pressure on myself But for sure, no adult in a hospital needs a nurse who can't handle caring for them.
TTGP March Siggy Challenge: Animals Celebrating St. Patrick's Day
@ag90 I think it's also true that a lot of nursing students who thought they only wanted to work with small humans find that they enjoy working with adults, too. Some even pull a 180. Or you're like me and it turns out you can't NOT burst into tears of pride every time a lady pops out a baby or a kid is brave! So don't sweat it too much. The stuff nurses-to-be worry about the most (drawing blood, starting IVs, cleaning adult BMs) are the things you get used to the quickest.
@blackrose@heatherdubrow@ag90@cactusblossum the ED can definitely get crazy! I used to work in a very urban department, which was intolerable (SO many patients + not enough nurses = unsafe conditions and unrelenting stress). Now I work in a sort-of-less-urban urban department, and my QOL is higher (I have time to talk to my patients
I don't want to be a downer, so take the following with a grain of salt: I just want to warn you that many nurses-to-be aspire to work in nicu/l&d/peds, so competition for new grad fellowships can be fierce and much of the time you can't start there – you may have to begin your career in adult nursing. Make sure you are capable of caring for adults, too
I actually started in peds onc as a new grad, they love to hire new grads into that department since you're still moldable/haven't formed any 'bad habits' yet
@orbmaker I think it really depends on the hospital, but many of my classmates were hired to specialty areas right out of school. So I think that theory is probably true
Rant: Brace yourselves. My temperature dropped a full degree this morning. I hate temping. It's supposed to make me feel better about what's going on, but there's no pattern for me and just when I think things are normal something like this happens! My opks were getting darker, and today's was stark white. I am just really at my wits end. Everything feels so against me right now, and I just want to give up. Which is usually about the time I discover that I'm super hormonal, but idk. I can't find a house, we don't make enough money, I can't ovulate let alone get pregnant, and oh, yeah. The sky is falling! I just want a hot bath and a glass of wine but there's no tub, and even if there was there are now 8 people in the house. Somebody rescue me and take me to the beach! I've never been but I hear it's nice!
GTKY: I would be a Broadway star, ideally. And if not that a choir teacher. But eh. That's expensive. So.
Husband & I married May 26th, 2012
Me 28 Him 28
TTC #1 since January 1st 2016
Anovulatory with PCOS Clomid 50;100;150;200: No O TSH 3.75 Put on 50mg levothyroxine 1500 MG Metformin 7.5 MG Letrozole: No Follicles 9 MG Letrozole: 21mm Follicle no pregnancy 4 cycles at 9 MG Letrozole, No pregnancy
@Mythril sorry to hear you're having such a tough time. Good for you for getting to the gym. Sending positive thoughts your way and hoping your tomorrow is better.
TTC#1 10/2016 TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each. BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021 planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks, some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
katieelise1234 If you are in fact not a troll, are really 17 and are actually pregnant, here's my advice:
Get off this damn forum, start to grow up and prepare yourself for taking care of a child. It's not funny, it's not a joke and it is a real responsibility. My mother was 18 when she had my brother and 19 when she had me. It was a reality check and she stepped up to the plate. I suggest you do the same, a child needs an adult is who responsible, kind and serious about caring for them.
Even if none of the things you claim are true, you should take some time to reflect anyway because your behavior on this forum shows some deeply concerning qualities about you as a human being.
WAYDTGKU?: Gonna be lazy and skip typing it out. I might swap it in later.
R/R: I think O was this weekend. Positive OPK Saturday afternoon and a solid, much more legit, temp rise today (maybe there was one yesterday but it was 3:30 a.m. Central instead of my usual 6:30 Pacific). Hoping it was Saturday because that will equate to better timing since H is gone until Tuesday now. Thanks for giving me the nudge to go to Chicago @lulu1180 It was a quick trip but we ended up having a nice time. There's a Giordano's close to his hotel and I had one of the best Italian beef sandwiches ever. Plus the flights were nice and I got to watch a bunch of movies and shows.
CS/Q: Nope
GTKY: What would you be doing if you weren't at your current job? That is a tough one. Mostly my goal is to find a good company. The work is one thing but having a company with good insurance and that cares about its employees and offers flexibility are the most important things to me.
@Redpuma119 I've thought about that, too. Maybe being a PE teacher that makes it more fun and accessible for all kids.
@heatherdubrow I'm sorry about your friend. I hope she improves quickly.
@LoveInDC I don't think this destroys her credibility as an OB/Gyn. She's just not an RE.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
Just stopping by to send you ladies some *hugs* and let you know I'm thinking of all of you Extra hugs for anyone who got hurt by this disgusting troll. I wish I could actually type what I think of her... but I'd rather not get banned.
Re: Monday WTO
@loveindc As usual I agree with @heatherdubrow -- your doctor may still be a good obstetrician, but she shouldn't be giving out clomid like that. And unless you are having some other kind of problem (for instance, never ovulating, no periods, cycles <20 days, something like that) there's no reason to interfere with your cycle with any medication at this point. You may do more harm than good.
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
@kaitlink33
GL at your scan!
@LoveInDC
Hope your interview goes well.
@lulu1180
Thank goodness you made it through your morning safe and sound. This winter business is so weird this year.
@FLAshley
I give so much props to those in LE!
@heatherdubrow
congrats to your friend, but my goodness I am glad you dont have to hear her mouth anymore!
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
So I am just trying to prep for when I do have my doctor's appointment for questions I want to ask. I am curious, I have read others on here talk about clotting disorders and having a test to check for that. Does anyone know what that test was called?
I don't know there is an issue and my OB *TW* said she wasn't going to start recommending baby aspirin yet since I only had one CP *TW* but I have noticed that when I do have my super short periods, there are lots of clots and thick blood at the beginning and then it's just spotty after that.
Thanks for any insights!
@canonmom413 happy birthday!
@LoveInDC fx the temp dip is your O day! I've only had about 3 dips of all my charts but I know it happens!
@Dilynne so happy your brother got released!
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
M/C: 2/2
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU?: Pnv, temp, cm, opk, hio. Going to add jacuzzis and coffee and beer. I hear that works...
R/R: how is it Monday again? So many Mondays. Jacuzzis and coffee and beer actually sound kinda wonderful!
CS/Q: nope.
GTKY: Waht would you be doing if you weren't at your current job?
H and I have this conversation regularly and we both say pharmacist. Good pay, scheduled hours, no after hours on call stuff. Potential employers on every corner. Sounds wonderful.
ETA: spelling errors
Eta: typo
@feeislove so sorry to hear about your drama teacher
@canonmom413 Happy Birthday!
@lulu1180 continued positive thoughts for you and your family
M/C: 3/4
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU?: pnv, hio, watching/tracking cm
R/R: Rave: We're getting our new sofa delivered tomorrow and I'm really excited. We ordered it the day after Christmas. Rant: My biggest complaint is weather. I wake up and it is in the 30s and by the time I leave work it is 70+. What happened to winter?!? and of course everyone is getting sick. Also, I had a dream that my boss told me my office was closing in June. I'm hoping it is one of those dreams that do not come true.
CS/Q: not yet
GTKY: What would you be doing if you weren't at your current job?
I read this initially as if I were not working today...I was thinking, napping, maybe on a vacation somewhere. As I read others' posts I realized it was more about the kind of work. Social Work is actually my second career. I started out in journalism but quickly realized it was not for me. I did some behind the scenes work at local television stations and decided to take the leap and go back for my Masters, but if I could do anything at all...I would be a movie/tv reviewer. Getting paid to watch movies/TV sounds like a good time to me!
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
New furniture is awesome! It is so funny what we as adults get excited about!
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
@canonmom413 happy happy birthday! FX for O
@blackrose @mispanda @orbmaker I want to be a nurse and work in a NICU too!! I'm finishing prereqs for nursing school (I currently work as a financial analyst) and hoping to apply this year and see what happens
@feeislove I'm so sorry to hear that
FF tells me I'm 3 DPO so hopping over to TWW for the first time ever
Married: 9/2016
TTC # 1: 11/2016
BFP: 5/2017
Baby Boy: 1/2018
Link to FF Charts
I don't want to be a downer, so take the following with a grain of salt: I just want to warn you that many nurses-to-be aspire to work in nicu/l&d/peds, so competition for new grad fellowships can be fierce and much of the time you can't start there – you may have to begin your career in adult nursing. Make sure you are capable of caring for adults, too
ETA: spelling, really struggling today, lol
I was hired in the ED as a new grad and I think my manager had a similar theory.
Married 4/22/16
**TW**
BFP 2/1/16 I MC 3/21/16 (11w)
TTCAL 6/15/16
BFP 3/23/2017 Team pink! Quinn Leigh EDD December 1, 2017
Awww... you're going to be such a great mom. You're so kind and mature. You're already glowing!
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
CD: 20
WAYDTGKU?: PNV, Temping, Cm, Levothyroxine
R/R: Rave: I went to the gym.
Rant: Brace yourselves. My temperature dropped a full degree this morning. I hate temping. It's supposed to make me feel better about what's going on, but there's no pattern for me and just when I think things are normal something like this happens! My opks were getting darker, and today's was stark white. I am just really at my wits end. Everything feels so against me right now, and I just want to give up. Which is usually about the time I discover that I'm super hormonal, but idk. I can't find a house, we don't make enough money, I can't ovulate let alone get pregnant, and oh, yeah. The sky is falling! I just want a hot bath and a glass of wine but there's no tub, and even if there was there are now 8 people in the house.
CS/Q: <a href="https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/60e8fc">My Ovulation Chart</a>
GTKY: I would be a Broadway star, ideally. And if not that a choir teacher. But eh. That's expensive. So.
Clomid 50;100;150;200: No O
TSH 3.75 Put on 50mg levothyroxine
1500 MG Metformin
7.5 MG Letrozole: No Follicles
9 MG Letrozole: 21mm Follicle no pregnancy
4 cycles at 9 MG Letrozole, No pregnancy
Married: 2/1/2012
TTC #1 since August 2016
DH SA Dec 2016: Low count (11.7 mil total motile), 5% morphology, 73% motility
Blood work June 2017: AMH 1.1 (ugh), FSH 8.4, LH: 5.2, estradiol 28 pg/ML, progesterone 7.4
HSG July 2017: tubes clear
BFP 7/24/17 - EDD 4/5/2018
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
Get off this damn forum, start to grow up and prepare yourself for taking care of a child. It's not funny, it's not a joke and it is a real responsibility. My mother was 18 when she had my brother and 19 when she had me. It was a reality check and she stepped up to the plate. I suggest you do the same, a child needs an adult is who responsible, kind and serious about caring for them.
Even if none of the things you claim are true, you should take some time to reflect anyway because your behavior on this forum shows some deeply concerning qualities about you as a human being.
CD: 19
WAYDTGKU?: Gonna be lazy and skip typing it out. I might swap it in later.
R/R: I think O was this weekend. Positive OPK Saturday afternoon and a solid, much more legit, temp rise today (maybe there was one yesterday but it was 3:30 a.m. Central instead of my usual 6:30 Pacific). Hoping it was Saturday because that will equate to better timing since H is gone until Tuesday now. Thanks for giving me the nudge to go to Chicago @lulu1180 It was a quick trip but we ended up having a nice time. There's a Giordano's close to his hotel and I had one of the best Italian beef sandwiches ever. Plus the flights were nice and I got to watch a bunch of movies and shows.
CS/Q: Nope
GTKY: What would you be doing if you weren't at your current job? That is a tough one. Mostly my goal is to find a good company. The work is one thing but having a company with good insurance and that cares about its employees and offers flexibility are the most important things to me.
@Redpuma119 I've thought about that, too. Maybe being a PE teacher that makes it more fun and accessible for all kids.
@heatherdubrow I'm sorry about your friend. I hope she improves quickly.
@LoveInDC I don't think this destroys her credibility as an OB/Gyn. She's just not an RE.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
"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
Removed for TOU violation