@fantasyflyte I love snowstorms, but my boss doesn't make me come to work if it is nuts I recommend Toyota for your future car!
@spylon We are getting married at the end of June. I asked him to do this just before Christmas. All of his family knows and is around here, but I got the invitations printed so USE THEM! Sorry...
@suzycupcake I haven't used the camera yet, but I imagine I will have the same experience as you My buddy loves his, but he has spine issues and doesn't have full range of motion. I'm not quite an old dog, but I have the same experience with new tricks.
@meladams10 It looks like ff isn't sure either. I'm so sorry if you already did O, but I agree with pp's assessments and advice. I also recommend going to amazon and ordering wondfo opk strips. It's easier to use strips, imo, because then you can take photos exactly at the 5 minute mark (no longer than that; set your phone timer) and write the cd next it on a piece of paper. It helps to place a bobby pin or a ring next to the strip to get your camera to focus better. You'll be able to clearly see the difference between when the line shows the surge and when it doesn't. That always helps me anyway.
@Whitmore1027 Nope. You are entitled to walk your butt in there and ask for a print out of your lab results if they are already in. It's very common to not give results over the phone. The doctor is allowed to. Every place has different protocols, but I do know for a fact that you have the right to go in and get a copy of your records. It is basic patient rights under the law. My previous past GM says You're welcome
@meri-mac Let me know what you think of that feature when you get into it. I'm up in the air as to if I want to get a car with that or not. I'm kind of old school when it comes to cars. I don't usually get sucked in by the bells and whistles. MH on the other hand, well, he's just ridiculous!
People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.
How I feel all of the time. My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI Back on Levothyroxine FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 1st Beta on 7dpt 93 2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule. Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017 New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
@catlady2015 Typically my cycle is 28-30 days long and I have had issues with a short LP and spotting about 6dpo. I asked for a progesterone test to see if it's low, but I haven't heard back from my nurse as of yet. I'm going to use an OPK tonight just in case. @dragonette505 I haven't paid much attention to CM but it sounds like that's something I need to start doing! @meri-mac I guess some days are just harder than others for us TTC. It's so emotionally draining. Thank you for the kind words! I agree, I definitely don't know where I'd be without you all! @suzycupcake I definitely learned my lesson this cycle! Next time I will just start with the cheapies and use the digitals as back up. The darkest one I got so far was on 3/2, but it was still a negative. Lesson learned!
@suzycupcake I would soooo walk in to get to get the results...if they weren't a 45 minute drive away. Hahaha!! I am hoping I misunderstood and that the doctor will call me with the results, since they were trying hard to get my results quickly. But I do know I need to go in for a follow-up, so I don't know what's going to happen! I may call before they close today and be like...either have the doctor call me with the labs, OR get me in tomorrow! (that's if the labs are even in today.).
@Whitmore1027 Oh yea, that is quite far! I don't blame you one bit, especially because you are in a new cycle and want to get going, not having to think about this crap half the time.
@meladams10 You may have not O'd yet then if you haven't gotten a positive opk yet. I know how frustrating this is and how overwhelming it can be at first. Just hang in there. You will gather a semblance of a routine very soon and you will get your lab results to see everything that may be going on. It will come around full circle and you'll have a plan. We are here for you! Also, how long ago did you request the P test be ordered for 7dpo? Maybe wait until you can confirm O and if the order hasn't been placed by then, call and demand it. Waiting with a plan will help you stay sane. Lol!
The thing that's also better about the opk strips is there are a lot of them that come in packs. Some of us have to test more than one time a day to really see what's going on. For me personally, my lines started first popping up in the evening. Sometimes, the lines were darker in the middle of the day than with fmu for whatever reason. I missed my surge a couple of times before I realized that.
People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.
How I feel all of the time. My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI Back on Levothyroxine FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 1st Beta on 7dpt 93 2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule. Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017 New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
@suzycupcake I'm thinking I missed my O all together but I will continue through tonight and maybe tomorrow just to be sure. I requested the P test Friday but now, since it doesn't look like I'll know when I ovulated, it'll have to wait until next month. Got that second SA and the HSG this month to look forward to too.
@catlady2015 Typically my cycle is 28-30 days long and I have had issues with a short LP and spotting about 6dpo. I asked for a progesterone test to see if it's low, but I haven't heard back from my nurse as of yet. I'm going to use an OPK tonight just in case. @dragonette505 I haven't paid much attention to CM but it sounds like that's something I need to start doing! @meri-mac I guess some days are just harder than others for us TTC. It's so emotionally draining. Thank you for the kind words! I agree, I definitely don't know where I'd be without you all! @suzycupcake I definitely learned my lesson this cycle! Next time I will just start with the cheapies and use the digitals as back up. The darkest one I got so far was on 3/2, but it was still a negative. Lesson learned!
CM is the business.... I can (and will... you'll see!) be hella confused about what is going on with a cycle and then WHAM my CM lines up right and even if temps are confusing, I know I had a peak CM day (or days) and then its gone. For the past few cycles (where I was charting) my RE had me using the CBE digital fertility monitor because it looks at two different hormones LH and estrogen instead of just LH). It has always been right on the money so I'm going to keep using it (but still charting because I like to keep up my skills I can also recommend the wondfos and like I said, I use them twice a day (AM and early evening between 6 -7 PM) and usually I can get a positive in the evening. I'm a weirdo and I also do CF ferning (but that's only if you have an at home microscope lol) and cervical position but that's really just icing on the cake
@dragonette505 You have an at home microscope? That's pretty cool haha. Very interesting!! I do use OPKs 2x a day typically 11a and 7p but goodness, it sucks holding your pee doesn't it! Maybe I'll be some miracle get a positive tonight? Fx.
@meladams10 Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. (I've been waiting for years to use this idiom and I finally get it now!) If you keep temping and you actually O'd when ff thinks that you did (ff can change and make your cross hairs solid with your next days of temps), then that P test will come in handy. Besides, it's good to have results for more than one cycle anyway.
haha omg I'm one of those women with a gotta go all of the time bladder so holding it is just unbearable for me!
People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.
How I feel all of the time. My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI Back on Levothyroxine FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 1st Beta on 7dpt 93 2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule. Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017 New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
@Whitmore1027 - apologies for missing this: what are you being tested for again? I hate that doctors won't just give results over the phone, that's so frustrating. We had results hanging out in the lab for 5 days before someone bothered to call us. I mean it wasn't life or death or anything but health information is still go to know.
@meri-mac - I love your siggy photo. Is that real? Is there really a McDonalds that makes green bean pies?
Finally heard back about my meds. Yay! They're ordered. And they cost me several hundred dollars, which is SUPER fun. But happily I have a rebate coupon for Gonal-F. If anyone else is taking Gonal-F and wants a rebate PM me. I'll be glad to send the URL along. It's only 10% but 10% of $600 is $60 so that's nothing to sneeze at.
@wishiwaspreggo No prob! I found a new doctor that would run my full Thyroid panel. I suspect Hypothyroidism due to having a high TSH a few years ago, and ny TSH now plus ny symptoms really point to that being the issue. And my symptoms got worse starting a couple months ago. My old doctor straight up refused to test more than my TSH last month, so I found a new doctor who would.
@dragonette505 You have an at home microscope? That's pretty cool haha. Very interesting!! I do use OPKs 2x a day typically 11a and 7p but goodness, it sucks holding your pee doesn't it! Maybe I'll be some miracle get a positive tonight? Fx.
yup! When I first heard about saliva ferning I got a little ferning scope, then I ordered a nice at home desktop microscope because the patterns are more spectacular in CF Im such a poas-er (opk's, hpts whatever) I guess Im used to holding it!! lolol
@meri-mac End of June, that's coming up quick! So exciting. I totally get wanting to use the invites lol
@suzycupcake ok, that explains why I'm having a hard time with keeping my chart stable. I rarely get three hours in a row at the same time every night. I'll have to find my sweet spot, I guess. Also, I'll gladly come sort your papers if you buy me a plane ticket! lol
@fantasyflyte I second getting a Toyota! We have a 2001 Corolla that just won't die.
@meri-mac and @Spylon we'll probably end up getting me a Subaru (eventually lol). I have a Nissan now and my husband has a Subaru, and the Subaru handles so well in the snow, whereas my car has slid backwards down a hill. I'm heavily leaning Subaru part because of previous experience and part because it seems to be one of the only makes that has affordable AWD sedans. I need AWD in the winter (hello 8-18 inches tomorrow ) but I don't want to drive something big.
Thank all you ladies for your support yesterday! Gave myself only yesterday to be on the pity train and looking forward to hopefully a better cycle next time. I'm going to TWW even though I know there's not a chance. FX for all of you this cycle!!
Re: WTO 3/5
@spylon We are getting married at the end of June. I asked him to do this just before Christmas. All of his family knows and is around here, but I got the invitations printed so USE THEM! Sorry...
@suzycupcake I haven't used the camera yet, but I imagine I will have the same experience as you
@Whitmore1027 Nope. You are entitled to walk your butt in there and ask for a print out of your lab results if they are already in. It's very common to not give results over the phone. The doctor is allowed to. Every place has different protocols, but I do know for a fact that you have the right to go in and get a copy of your records. It is basic patient rights under the law. My previous past GM says You're welcome
@meri-mac Let me know what you think of that feature when you get into it. I'm up in the air as to if I want to get a car with that or not. I'm kind of old school when it comes to cars. I don't usually get sucked in by the bells and whistles. MH on the other hand, well, he's just ridiculous!
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
@dragonette505 I haven't paid much attention to CM but it sounds like that's something I need to start doing!
@meri-mac I guess some days are just harder than others for us TTC. It's so emotionally draining. Thank you for the kind words! I agree, I definitely don't know where I'd be without you all!
@suzycupcake I definitely learned my lesson this cycle! Next time I will just start with the cheapies and use the digitals as back up. The darkest one I got so far was on 3/2, but it was still a negative. Lesson learned!
Met: 2005 | Started Dating: 2009 | Married: 2013
Surprise Pregnancy #3; BFP: 01.11.2020; Due Date: September 19, 2021
@meladams10 You may have not O'd yet then if you haven't gotten a positive opk yet. I know how frustrating this is and how overwhelming it can be at first. Just hang in there. You will gather a semblance of a routine very soon and you will get your lab results to see everything that may be going on. It will come around full circle and you'll have a plan. We are here for you! Also, how long ago did you request the P test be ordered for 7dpo? Maybe wait until you can confirm O and if the order hasn't been placed by then, call and demand it. Waiting with a plan will help you stay sane. Lol!
The thing that's also better about the opk strips is there are a lot of them that come in packs. Some of us have to test more than one time a day to really see what's going on. For me personally, my lines started first popping up in the evening. Sometimes, the lines were darker in the middle of the day than with fmu for whatever reason. I missed my surge a couple of times before I realized that.
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
CM is the business.... I can (and will... you'll see!) be hella confused about what is going on with a cycle and then WHAM my CM lines up right and even if temps are confusing, I know I had a peak CM day (or days) and then its gone. For the past few cycles (where I was charting) my RE had me using the CBE digital fertility monitor because it looks at two different hormones LH and estrogen instead of just LH). It has always been right on the money so I'm going to keep using it (but still charting because I like to keep up my skills
haha omg I'm one of those women with a gotta go all of the time bladder so holding it is just unbearable for me!
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
@meri-mac - I love your siggy photo. Is that real? Is there really a McDonalds that makes green bean pies?
Finally heard back about my meds. Yay! They're ordered. And they cost me several hundred dollars, which is SUPER fun. But happily I have a rebate coupon for Gonal-F. If anyone else is taking Gonal-F and wants a rebate PM me. I'll be glad to send the URL along. It's only 10% but 10% of $600 is $60 so that's nothing to sneeze at.
Met: 2005 | Started Dating: 2009 | Married: 2013
Surprise Pregnancy #3; BFP: 01.11.2020; Due Date: September 19, 2021
Im such a poas-er (opk's, hpts whatever) I guess Im used to holding it!! lolol
BFP #1: 9/12/2015
DD: 6/1/2016
BFP #2: 1/16/2018 MC 2/2/2018