@canucklehead123 A good friend of mine believes Friday the
13th is his lucky day, so maybe it will be yours too! I am seriously
going back and forth between ridiculous optimism for this cycle and being
convinced I’ll never get ku. Sigh.
@luckypandas That’s lovely that you and YW get solo time at
the beach! Enjoy! I have done acupuncture in the past for neck pain, and I was
looking for someone to see in August when I hurt my neck and shoulder pretty
badly. A friend at work recommended someone, who happens to have a practice
that specializes in fertility, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone! I
think acupuncturists who specialize in fertility do focus their treatments
somewhat differently than those who are doing more general treatments. I know
my person does somewhat different patterns of needles depending on cd and dpo.
@ajsanders-2 I loved the Land Before Time! I haven’t seen it
since I was a kid though. Does it hold up to watching as an adult? Fx your
spotting doesn’t mean anything this time! I am very worried mine might mean
earlier AF than usual, but trying to keep telling myself that I’m not out til I’m
out.
@krashke Ok, you and I are in the same city, so if you find
a witch to cast fertility spells, I totally want in.
@nitnat007 So glad YH is nearly home! I’m sure it’ll be
awesome to see him and to get off the bench!
@ChloandCoco Christmas mornings were pretty awesome too! I’m
hoping for my first white Christmas this year.
@MrsMiller8588 I think licensure requirements for
acupuncture are different in different states. I don’t think it’s federally
regulated. You should be able to find out where/how the practitioners were
trained though. Do they have websites?
@wifehacks Yes! Wooden roller coasters are totally the best.
As far as cooking goes, there was a recent GTKY thread for recipe sharing that
you might check out! Fx for your testing tomorrow!
@LaceyBee522 That’s great that you’re going to try
acupuncture! I’ll be curious to hear about your experience. Love your childhood
story.
CD/DPO: 19/9 (I had a really weird cycle/AF last cycle so CD19 might not be right but for simplicity's sake that's what I am going with)
Timing: -4
Testing: Tested yesterday and today like an idiot and BFN
Typical LP length: 12 days
Rant/Rave: I have no idea WTH my body is doing but that's pretty normal for me and my PCOS. I got some faint lines last cycle which faded out and I assumed that I would start my period soon after. Well, I did have two days of red spotting followed by a couple days of brown spotting but nothing that would fill a pad or tampon. And then I got two days of blazing positive OPK's on CD9 and CD10 (or CD57 and CD58 if that wasn't my period. But if it wasn't, what's with the positive HPTs? Super weird). CD10 is super early for me to ovulate but I'm just going with it. I'm assuming I actually ovulated but I don't temp so I'm not 100% sure. If I don't get a positive test or start AF in about a week I'm going to start the process with the RE of jumpstarting my period with Provera. Since that will make it about 75 days since my last real period. If you followed that, you deserve a cookie.
GTKY: Fondest childhood memory? Probably just having fun with friends and running around our neighborhood without any worries in the world. It's crazy to think that our parents just let us roam around by ourselves all day as long as we were home in time for dinner.
Married 9/19/09 Me (32) Dx PCOS, DH (32) SA = Normal/mild morph issues TTC#5 July 2017 - 3rd cycle TTC = BFP on 11/12/17 at 9dpo Beta #1 = 96 at 13dpo - Beta #2 = 207 at 15dpo
TTC#1 starting Nov. 2009 3 rounds of Clomid + TI and 3 rounds of 7.5 mg Femara + IUI before our BFP on 11/8/10 at 12dpiui TTC #2 3rd cycle of Femara 7.5mg+Ovidrel+TI = 4 follies = BFP on 10/12/12 TTC#3 July 2014 - Metformin +TI = BFP at 9dpo - Twins, one baby lost at 5.5 weeks Macy Annabelle born at 37w4d on 4/29/15. Diagnosed with Cri du Chat and passed away on 6/6/15. Forever in our hearts. TTC#4 3rd cycle of Metformin + Femara 7.5mg+Ovidrel+TI = 3 follies = BFP on 12/24/16
@ChloandCoco We're cleaning tonight in preparation for the home visit. I'm hoping it won't take too long and I'll have time for a fabulous bath or something. Also, Christmas is always a favorite memory of mine as well. Did/do y'all have any special traditions?
@luckypandas Hey, we are! FX it's a magical day for you too!
@LaceyBee522 Haha I love your GTKY answer! How fun for you guys!
It's possible you had a CP last cycle. My BFPs faded with my CP and my "period" was light and short, just two days with one of super light spotting. Even though it was super light it still counts as a new CD1. I feel like it's worth mentioning to the RE when you call about the Provera but I don't work with an RE yet. Some other ladies might have better advice.
Holy Cow....You ladies have been busy up in here. Lots of good childhood stories though. All the feels!
@JennyColada That is a TON of steps. I think I only hit about 13K at DisneyLand. You must have been moving! That is so cool about your mom's recipes. I totally want to do that now...I wonder if it's still a thing now that we're a digital world for the most part @MrsMiller8588 That is so sweet about your grandpa! I just love stories like yours...I hope you get to feeling better soon, and get your energy back @Krashke Yup, we still celebrate all the American holidays. There's a big enough bunch of us to make it worthwhile. Like, they actually had a crazy good 4th of July display this year. Happy Anni! What year are y'all celebrating? Good luck on your testing...9dpo is still really early. Just remember that you're not out till you're out! @darkstar42 Not sure on the spotting, but it sounds promising, and your chart looks good too. I hope it all means good things for you! I'm so glad your cats let you sleep in! @canucklehead123 That could just be a normal drop too due to that estrogen surge some women get mid-luteal phase? What did your CM look like? Oh, and when you said "farting around"....I thought you meant literally there for a minute. I would've loved to have had a BF like that growing up. I was the only tomboy in my group @luckypandas I hope you and DW enjoy your extra five days at the beach! How is the weather? Is it still warm enough to enjoy the water? @ajsanders-2 I'm hoping your spotting isn't AF. And oh my gosh...I get all the feels watching Land Before Time STILL. I just can't handle it when he starts crying for his mom. I had to tape my VHS cover together I watched it so much as a kid. @nitnat007 BEYOND EXCITED for you my friend! I hope tomorrow goes amazingly awesome! And thank you for the support ((hugs)) @Chloandcoco Today was so much better, thank you! And YEA for O'ing! Glad that cold is almost gone. I feel like you've been sick for awhile now? Poor thing...nothing like trying to HIO with a cold. @wifehacks Hi there! Sorry for the BFNs...Maybe your dates are off just a little? You're not out till you're out! Also/and I do one cup of coffee and one cup of chai tea...I'm also trying to cut back on caffeine. It's hard. @LaceyBee522 Your GTKY had me cracking up...I would've been horrified, and slightly proud if my kids just randomly starting singing over a PA system of any kind...haha @Sarafuss Sorry for the crazy cycle..definitely sounds odd. If it's been that long without an actual cycle, I don't think it would hurt to give your doc a call and see what you should do next. And yes, I can't imagine letting kids run around like I used to. I used to be outside in my neighborhood from dawn till dusk in the summer. I *might* have stopped in for lunch...lol
All the love to you ladies! FX for those testing tomorrow!
Re: TWW Wed 10/4
@canucklehead123 A good friend of mine believes Friday the 13th is his lucky day, so maybe it will be yours too! I am seriously going back and forth between ridiculous optimism for this cycle and being convinced I’ll never get ku. Sigh.
@luckypandas That’s lovely that you and YW get solo time at the beach! Enjoy! I have done acupuncture in the past for neck pain, and I was looking for someone to see in August when I hurt my neck and shoulder pretty badly. A friend at work recommended someone, who happens to have a practice that specializes in fertility, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone! I think acupuncturists who specialize in fertility do focus their treatments somewhat differently than those who are doing more general treatments. I know my person does somewhat different patterns of needles depending on cd and dpo.
@ajsanders-2 I loved the Land Before Time! I haven’t seen it since I was a kid though. Does it hold up to watching as an adult? Fx your spotting doesn’t mean anything this time! I am very worried mine might mean earlier AF than usual, but trying to keep telling myself that I’m not out til I’m out.
@krashke Ok, you and I are in the same city, so if you find a witch to cast fertility spells, I totally want in.
@nitnat007 So glad YH is nearly home! I’m sure it’ll be awesome to see him and to get off the bench!
@ChloandCoco Christmas mornings were pretty awesome too! I’m hoping for my first white Christmas this year.
@MrsMiller8588 I think licensure requirements for acupuncture are different in different states. I don’t think it’s federally regulated. You should be able to find out where/how the practitioners were trained though. Do they have websites?
@wifehacks Yes! Wooden roller coasters are totally the best. As far as cooking goes, there was a recent GTKY thread for recipe sharing that you might check out! Fx for your testing tomorrow!
@LaceyBee522 That’s great that you’re going to try acupuncture! I’ll be curious to hear about your experience. Love your childhood story.
CD/DPO: 19/9
(I had a really weird cycle/AF last cycle so CD19 might not be right but for simplicity's sake that's what I am going with)
Timing: -4
Testing: Tested yesterday and today like an idiot and BFN
Typical LP length: 12 days
Rant/Rave: I have no idea WTH my body is doing but that's pretty normal for me and my PCOS. I got some faint lines last cycle which faded out and I assumed that I would start my period soon after. Well, I did have two days of red spotting followed by a couple days of brown spotting but nothing that would fill a pad or tampon. And then I got two days of blazing positive OPK's on CD9 and CD10 (or CD57 and CD58 if that wasn't my period. But if it wasn't, what's with the positive HPTs? Super weird). CD10 is super early for me to ovulate but I'm just going with it. I'm assuming I actually ovulated but I don't temp so I'm not 100% sure. If I don't get a positive test or start AF in about a week I'm going to start the process with the RE of jumpstarting my period with Provera. Since that will make it about 75 days since my last real period. If you followed that, you deserve a cookie.
GTKY: Fondest childhood memory? Probably just having fun with friends and running around our neighborhood without any worries in the world. It's crazy to think that our parents just let us roam around by ourselves all day as long as we were home in time for dinner.
Me (32) Dx PCOS, DH (32) SA = Normal/mild morph issues
TTC#5 July 2017 - 3rd cycle TTC = BFP on 11/12/17 at 9dpo Beta #1 = 96 at 13dpo - Beta #2 = 207 at 15dpo
3 rounds of Clomid + TI and 3 rounds of 7.5 mg Femara + IUI before our BFP on 11/8/10 at 12dpiui
TTC #2 3rd cycle of Femara 7.5mg+Ovidrel+TI = 4 follies = BFP on 10/12/12
TTC#3 July 2014 - Metformin +TI = BFP at 9dpo - Twins, one baby lost at 5.5 weeks
Macy Annabelle born at 37w4d on 4/29/15. Diagnosed with Cri du Chat and passed away on 6/6/15. Forever in our hearts.
TTC#4 3rd cycle of Metformin + Femara 7.5mg+Ovidrel+TI = 3 follies = BFP on 12/24/16
DD: 07/19/18
EDD: 06/22/22
@luckypandas Hey, we are! FX it's a magical day for you too!
@LaceyBee522 Haha I love your GTKY answer! How fun for you guys!
@Sarafuss TW Loss Mentioned in spoiler
@JennyColada That is a TON of steps. I think I only hit about 13K at DisneyLand. You must have been moving! That is so cool about your mom's recipes. I totally want to do that now...I wonder if it's still a thing now that we're a digital world for the most part
@MrsMiller8588 That is so sweet about your grandpa! I just love stories like yours...I hope you get to feeling better soon, and get your energy back
@Krashke Yup, we still celebrate all the American holidays. There's a big enough bunch of us to make it worthwhile. Like, they actually had a crazy good 4th of July display this year. Happy Anni! What year are y'all celebrating? Good luck on your testing...9dpo is still really early. Just remember that you're not out till you're out!
@darkstar42 Not sure on the spotting, but it sounds promising, and your chart looks good too. I hope it all means good things for you! I'm so glad your cats let you sleep in!
@canucklehead123 That could just be a normal drop too due to that estrogen surge some women get mid-luteal phase? What did your CM look like? Oh, and when you said "farting around"....I thought you meant literally there for a minute. I would've loved to have had a BF like that growing up. I was the only tomboy in my group
@luckypandas I hope you and DW enjoy your extra five days at the beach! How is the weather? Is it still warm enough to enjoy the water?
@ajsanders-2 I'm hoping your spotting isn't AF. And oh my gosh...I get all the feels watching Land Before Time STILL. I just can't handle it when he starts crying for his mom. I had to tape my VHS cover together I watched it so much as a kid.
@nitnat007 BEYOND EXCITED for you my friend! I hope tomorrow goes amazingly awesome! And thank you for the support ((hugs))
@Chloandcoco Today was so much better, thank you! And YEA for O'ing! Glad that cold is almost gone. I feel like you've been sick for awhile now? Poor thing...nothing like trying to HIO with a cold.
@wifehacks Hi there! Sorry for the BFNs...Maybe your dates are off just a little? You're not out till you're out! Also/and I do one cup of coffee and one cup of chai tea...I'm also trying to cut back on caffeine. It's hard.
@LaceyBee522 Your GTKY had me cracking up...I would've been horrified, and slightly proud if my kids just randomly starting singing over a PA system of any kind...haha
@Sarafuss Sorry for the crazy cycle..definitely sounds odd. If it's been that long without an actual cycle, I don't think it would hurt to give your doc a call and see what you should do next. And yes, I can't imagine letting kids run around like I used to. I used to be outside in my neighborhood from dawn till dusk in the summer. I *might* have stopped in for lunch...lol
All the love to you ladies! FX for those testing tomorrow!
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