Thoughts on preseed? Anyone ever have any luck with it? I don't get... ahem...as "wet" as I used to, I think because ttc is kinda getting stressful. Sorry if TMI. I've never noticed much cm throughout the month... is that bad? I don't want to wait any longer than I have to to be preggers!!!
Thoughts on preseed? Anyone ever have any luck with it? I don't get... ahem...as "wet" as I used to, I think because ttc is kinda getting stressful. Sorry if TMI. I've never noticed much cm throughout the month... is that bad? I don't want to wait any longer than I have to to be preggers!!!
I don't want to wait any longer than I have to to be preggers!!!
Also, good luck with that, although you’ll probably be a special 1/1 snowflake.
Me: 35 DH: 28 TTC since June 2016 Azoospermia diagnosis (zero count) Dec 2016 AZFc chromosome microdeletion discovery March 2017 Unsuccessful TESE for DH in August 2017 October 2017 IVF with donor sperm
29R, 24M, 16F, 2d5, 4d6 (6 embryos total) Only 3 could have PGS. 2/3 normal. 5 embies frozen 12/15/17 FET #1 (1 embryo)--CP 2/7/17 FET #2 (2 embryos)--BFN Chronic endometritis diagnosis May 2018
ERA Sept 2018--borderline receptive--12 more hours of progesterone Abnormal SIS Oct 2018 Repeat hysteroscopy Nov 1. Treated recurring endometritis. 12/4/18 FET #3 (2 embryos)--BFN Our journey has come to an end.
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
*snip* I don't want to wait any longer than I have to to be preggers!!!
I didn't want to wait any longer than I had to either and here I am quickly approaching 2 years.
Also, read the newbie guide, lurk, intro on the weekly thread and join in on the dailies. We frown on one-off posts like this, which you would know if you'd lurked like many of the regulars on here did once upon a time.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Me: 38 DH: 38 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
BFP #2 4/3/15= ectopic treated with methotrexate 5/1, YET ruptured 5/18/15= One Tube Wonder!
2 Cycles of Femara, Ovidrel, & Progesterone= BFP #3 DS born 5/17/16 TTC #2 March 2017 (initially med free) BFP #4 8/14/17 *natural cycle* EDD= 4/25/18, MC @5-6w D&C 9/22/17 BFP #5 12/29/17 w/ Femara/Ovidrel/Progesterone/Synthroid, EDD= 9/11/18 found out 1/18 ITS di/di TWINS!!! DS and DD born 8/21/18
Gee, thanks for all the support. Didn't realize everyone was going to get butthurt so quickly around here... this is a ttc board after all..? Nothing like yelling at someone who's already down on themselves. But that's y'alls business not mine
Gee, thanks for all the support. Didn't realize everyone was going to get butthurt so quickly around here... this is a ttc board after all..? Nothing like yelling at someone who's already down on themselves. But that's y'alls business not mine
This board is actually pretty damn amazing when it comes to giving support. But you also have to give support to get it. Which you would know if you actually lurked. If you want to experience that kind of support then take the advice I gave above. As for "yelling" at someone who's down on themselves, there are many people on this board that are struggling in various ways and incredibly down right now so please don't try to play the pain olympics with the ladies on this board.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Me: 38 DH: 38 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
@sholmes17 yes, this is the Trying to Get Pregnant Board, not the Rainbow and Unicorn Farts Board. a) If people had luck with preseed they wouldn’t be here anymore b) you have to give support to receive support.
Lurk around and maybe offer some support to someone else that needs it before posting a AW one off that you could have googled and then getting butt hurt when the regulars don’t want to be used as your personal search function.
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
I wasn't trying to play the pain Olympics with anyone at all, but also don't appreciate you downplaying what I'm going through either. Let's not even get into the fact that not a single person a) knows my story so don't try and tell me I'm not struggling (I didn't say that to you!) or b) answered the question. Can I at least ask what is wrong with this post? I thought I posted it in the right place, and I don't understand why the last sentence of the post was so terrible. I mean, don't we all feel that way? That's the whole reason that we're all here after all. All I was looking for was some positivity but this is what I got. Happy freaking Tuesday.
I wasn't trying to play the pain Olympics with anyone at all, but also don't appreciate you downplaying what I'm going through either. Let's not even get into the fact that not a single person a) knows my story so don't try and tell me I'm not struggling (I didn't say that to you!) or b) answered the question. Can I at least ask what is wrong with this post? I thought I posted it in the right place, and I don't understand why the last sentence of the post was so terrible. I mean, don't we all feel that way? That's the whole reason that we're all here after all. All I was looking for was some positivity but this is what I got. Happy freaking Tuesday.
@sholmes17 First of all, I don't think anyone said you weren't struggling. I'm very sorry for what you have been through and even sorrier that you had to experience it on your birthday. As far as what is "wrong" with this post is that this board has it's own set of rules and organization. We don't do one-off type posts like this because if everyone posted a separate thread each time they had a question then the board would be cluttered and no one would ever get to know anyone else. I wasn't kidding when I said that the support on this board is amazing. I really do encourage you do do a little more lurking, intro on the weekly thread and then jump in on either the daily threads (WTO or TWW depending on where you are in your cycle) or the TTCAL thread. This board truly is amazing and has helped to keep me up in my nearly 2 year TTC journey.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Me: 38 DH: 38 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
I wasn't trying to play the pain Olympics with anyone at all, but also don't appreciate you downplaying what I'm going through either. Let's not even get into the fact that not a single person a) knows my story so don't try and tell me I'm not struggling (I didn't say that to you!) or b) answered the question. Can I at least ask what is wrong with this post? I thought I posted it in the right place, and I don't understand why the last sentence of the post was so terrible. I mean, don't we all feel that way? That's the whole reason that we're all here after all. All I was looking for was some positivity but this is what I got. Happy freaking Tuesday.
The reason this post was bad is that you didn’t introduce yourself, so we have no idea who you are or what you’ve gone through. This easily could have gone in one of the dailies threads or if you had used the search function you would have found several responses to your question. Your last statement was insensitive because while we all want to get pregnant ASAP, that’s not a lot of people’s realities and preseed isn’t going to help. It just makes the required sex more comfortable without making it any more difficult for the sperm to move.
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
I've been using preseed for 3 years and it has done nothing to help my tired, useless ovaries do their job. Good lube tho.
Me: 31 Husby: 36 Married May 2014 TTC # 2 Since December 2021 Baby girl W born 2/2021 Our journey so far... (tw loss & infertility)
Diagnosis: Poor Egg Quality Working with an RE since March 2016 2 failed TI cycles 3 failed IUI cycles
IVF Feb - April 2017 23 eggs collected, 20 mature, 14 fertilized with ICSI, 4 day 3 blasts, 3 day 5 blasts, 1 PGS normal Transferred 1 PGS normal embryo 4.12.17 BFP 4.21.17 MMC due to small gestational sac 6.8.17
Our adoption journey: 12.25.18 Agency picked and apps submitted! 5.1.19 Adoption on hold so we can buy a house! 1.1.20 Homestudy process started 3.14.20 First social worker visit 5.25.20 Homestudy Approved & Submitted to Agency
6.1.20 Surprise! Positive pregnancy test! Healthy baby girl born 2/10/2021
@sholmes17 the issue is that most people who come here and post these 1offs are people who are only here for 1 month and then gone on to a BMB. Many many of these ladies have been here for a lot longer then is fair and it gets old really quick to watch that happen.
As for what is legit wrong with your post, (which if you had read the Newbie posts and lurked a little bit, you would know) is that there is a specific thread for questions. Or you could ask this question in a daily thread. And as Meggyme pointed out, anyone who has had luck with that would have moved on by now.
Your 100% right that we don't know your story. You haven't given us the chance to get to know you. And you didn't get to know us either. If you had, you would have known not to make a post asking a question AND that a statement like you made would upset quite a few in here. I assure you no one wants to spend any more time on this board then they have too. And yet here we all are....
Thank you for explaining. It would have been helpful if that was said at first so I didn't feel like people were jumping down my throat. I want to help all of you stay positive on this journey, because it is difficult and stressful and can really suck the life out of you. I won't be posting here anymore. I'll just Google my life away and suffer in silence instead. Wishing you all the best and good luck. I truly hope we all get our babies soon.
Also @lulu1180 thank you for finding my intro post on the other board, I did not realize I needed to post a new intro on each board. I didn't do it to rub anyone the wrong way.
I wasn't trying to play the pain Olympics with anyone at all, but also don't appreciate you downplaying what I'm going through either. Let's not even get into the fact that not a single person a) knows my story so don't try and tell me I'm not struggling (I didn't say that to you!) or b) answered the question. Can I at least ask what is wrong with this post? I thought I posted it in the right place, and I don't understand why the last sentence of the post was so terrible. I mean, don't we all feel that way? That's the whole reason that we're all here after all. All I was looking for was some positivity but this is what I got. Happy freaking Tuesday.
As @meggyme said, you didn't introduce yourself. I am new here, so I will not pretend to even begin to comprehend what these women have gone through, but what I do know is that they have welcomed me. I introduced myself and I slowly worked into the boards, and they have never once made me feel excluded just because I do not have the same story as any of them. That's the beauty of this community; they support each other no matter what each individual is going through. If you respect their rules and the rules of The Bump itself, you will be rewarded. But don't feel entitled to come and say insensitive things that are triggering to other women and disrespect the way that this community is designed. If you try as best you can to follow the flow, these amazing women will support you and answer your questions, even if they have seen the same ones 100 times over.
I've been using preseed for 3 years and it has done nothing to help my tired, useless ovaries do their job. Good lube tho.
I disagree. Preseed is sh*t lube and feels disgusting. Like shoving a hot dog in a jar full of mayonnaise. It’s also never done anything to help me get KU.
ETA: I mean a skinny jar of mayonnaise. A glass perhaps? It’s not cavernous in there, or anything.
I've been using preseed for 3 years and it has done nothing to help my tired, useless ovaries do their job. Good lube tho.
I disagree. Preseed is sh*t lube and feels disgusting. Like shoving a hot dog in a jar full of mayonnaise. It’s also never done anything to help me get KU.
Same.
TW:
I still ended up needing fertility treatments and IUIs to get KU.
@sholmes17 I can tell you're struggling from your other post (which, FYI, post history can only be seen from desktop, not the app) and I encourage you to stick around. I don't think you'll regret it.
No one suggested at any point that you suffer in silence, that's not what this board is about...at all. The women on here have been some of the most supportive people in my life and I know I can come on here with the most ridiculous question ever, and I'll receive legit advice. Or they'll tell me it's ridiculous but hey, we all need a reality check at some point. This board is caring and we really want to see eachother succeed and everyone helps wherever they can.
I've been using preseed for 3 years and it has done nothing to help my tired, useless ovaries do their job. Good lube tho.
I disagree. Preseed is sh*t lube and feels disgusting. Like shoving a hot dog in a jar full of mayonnaise. It’s also never done anything to help me get KU.
ETA: I mean a skinny jar of mayonnaise. A glass perhaps? It’s not cavernous in there, or anything.
Agree to disagree I guess. I still keep a tube next to my bed even though my ovaries are tiny trash cans filled with literal trash.
Me: 31 Husby: 36 Married May 2014 TTC # 2 Since December 2021 Baby girl W born 2/2021 Our journey so far... (tw loss & infertility)
Diagnosis: Poor Egg Quality Working with an RE since March 2016 2 failed TI cycles 3 failed IUI cycles
IVF Feb - April 2017 23 eggs collected, 20 mature, 14 fertilized with ICSI, 4 day 3 blasts, 3 day 5 blasts, 1 PGS normal Transferred 1 PGS normal embryo 4.12.17 BFP 4.21.17 MMC due to small gestational sac 6.8.17
Our adoption journey: 12.25.18 Agency picked and apps submitted! 5.1.19 Adoption on hold so we can buy a house! 1.1.20 Homestudy process started 3.14.20 First social worker visit 5.25.20 Homestudy Approved & Submitted to Agency
6.1.20 Surprise! Positive pregnancy test! Healthy baby girl born 2/10/2021
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Re: Preseed?
Also, good luck with that, although you’ll probably be a special 1/1 snowflake.
TTC since June 2016
Azoospermia diagnosis (zero count) Dec 2016
AZFc chromosome microdeletion discovery March 2017
Unsuccessful TESE for DH in August 2017
October 2017 IVF with donor sperm
29R, 24M, 16F, 2d5, 4d6 (6 embryos total)
Only 3 could have PGS. 2/3 normal. 5 embies frozen
12/15/17 FET #1 (1 embryo)--CP
2/7/17 FET #2 (2 embryos)--BFN
Chronic endometritis diagnosis May 2018
ERA Sept 2018--borderline receptive--12 more hours of progesterone
Abnormal SIS Oct 2018
Repeat hysteroscopy Nov 1. Treated recurring endometritis.
12/4/18 FET #3 (2 embryos)--BFN
Our journey has come to an end.
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
Also, read the newbie guide, lurk, intro on the weekly thread and join in on the dailies. We frown on one-off posts like this, which you would know if you'd lurked like many of the regulars on here did once upon a time.
"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
TTC #2 March 2017 (initially med free)
BFP #4 8/14/17 *natural cycle* EDD= 4/25/18, MC @5-6w D&C 9/22/17
BFP #5 12/29/17 w/ Femara/Ovidrel/Progesterone/Synthroid, EDD= 9/11/18 found out 1/18 ITS di/di TWINS!!!
DS and DD born 8/21/18
"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
a) If people had luck with preseed they wouldn’t be here anymore
b) you have to give support to receive support.
Lurk around and maybe offer some support to someone else that needs it before posting a AW one off that you could have googled and then getting butt hurt when the regulars don’t want to be used as your personal search function.
As far as what is "wrong" with this post is that this board has it's own set of rules and organization. We don't do one-off type posts like this because if everyone posted a separate thread each time they had a question then the board would be cluttered and no one would ever get to know anyone else. I wasn't kidding when I said that the support on this board is amazing. I really do encourage you do do a little more lurking, intro on the weekly thread and then jump in on either the daily threads (WTO or TWW depending on where you are in your cycle) or the TTCAL thread. This board truly is amazing and has helped to keep me up in my nearly 2 year TTC journey.
"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
Married May 2014
TTC # 2 Since December 2021
Baby girl W born 2/2021
Our journey so far...
(tw loss & infertility)
Working with an RE since March 2016
2 failed TI cycles
3 failed IUI cycles
IVF Feb - April 2017
23 eggs collected, 20 mature, 14 fertilized with ICSI, 4 day 3 blasts, 3 day 5 blasts, 1 PGS normal
Transferred 1 PGS normal embryo 4.12.17
BFP 4.21.17
MMC due to small gestational sac 6.8.17
Our adoption journey:
12.25.18 Agency picked and apps submitted!
5.1.19 Adoption on hold so we can buy a house!
1.1.20 Homestudy process started
3.14.20 First social worker visit
5.25.20 Homestudy Approved & Submitted to Agency
6.1.20 Surprise! Positive pregnancy test!
Healthy baby girl born 2/10/2021
As for what is legit wrong with your post, (which if you had read the Newbie posts and lurked a little bit, you would know) is that there is a specific thread for questions. Or you could ask this question in a daily thread. And as Meggyme pointed out, anyone who has had luck with that would have moved on by now.
Your 100% right that we don't know your story. You haven't given us the chance to get to know you. And you didn't get to know us either. If you had, you would have known not to make a post asking a question AND that a statement like you made would upset quite a few in here. I assure you no one wants to spend any more time on this board then they have too. And yet here we all are....
I disagree. Preseed is sh*t lube and feels disgusting. Like shoving a hot dog in a jar full of mayonnaise. It’s also never done anything to help me get KU.
ETA: I mean a skinny jar of mayonnaise. A glass perhaps? It’s not cavernous in there, or anything.
Me: 31 Him: 32
BFP #1 12/30/15 - CP
BFP #2 3/11/16 - DD born 11/16
TFAS since April 2018
TW:
I still ended up needing fertility treatments and IUIs to get KU.
Do an intro here: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12728132/newbie-intro-thread-w-o-4-30#latest
Then join the amazing TTCAL ladies here: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12728137/ttcal-week-of-4-30#latest
I truly do hope you stick around and get to see what we are all talking about when it comes to this community. The support is incredible!
"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
We like GIFs and helping eachother, not drama
Married May 2014
TTC # 2 Since December 2021
Baby girl W born 2/2021
Our journey so far...
(tw loss & infertility)
Working with an RE since March 2016
2 failed TI cycles
3 failed IUI cycles
IVF Feb - April 2017
23 eggs collected, 20 mature, 14 fertilized with ICSI, 4 day 3 blasts, 3 day 5 blasts, 1 PGS normal
Transferred 1 PGS normal embryo 4.12.17
BFP 4.21.17
MMC due to small gestational sac 6.8.17
Our adoption journey:
12.25.18 Agency picked and apps submitted!
5.1.19 Adoption on hold so we can buy a house!
1.1.20 Homestudy process started
3.14.20 First social worker visit
5.25.20 Homestudy Approved & Submitted to Agency
6.1.20 Surprise! Positive pregnancy test!
Healthy baby girl born 2/10/2021
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