Status (WTO/TWW/Benched/in process of testing or treatment):
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable):
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?):
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Questions for the group:
GTKY: Are you affected by Hurricane / Tropical Storm Florence?
Re: TTCA35 Check-in 9-15-18
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): CD16, DPO 4 or so (?)
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): Prenatals
Rants/Raves: It's been a rough month in the TTC department; my kid was sick (diagnosed with a rare condition back in July and is not yet totally over it), then DH got an infection, and son started preschool for the first time. Thankfully my work hasn't been crazy. Rave: my son seems to be getting better. Fingers crossed.
Questions for the group: How do you keep up the frequent BDing around ovulation? I think my DH was too stressed out this month and kind of shut down.
GTKY: Are you affected by Hurricane / Tropical Storm Florence? Not directly, but our family has gone to Wrightsville for generations and it's been hard to watch. We're headed there as soon as possible after the storm.
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): CD13
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): prenatals and coq10 and dhea when I remember
Rants/Raves: so Tuesday I had a high OPK, I tested Tuesday night and still high. I also had cramps all day long. Wednesday I got a peak in the morning then low that evening and low Thursday morning. Cramps gone at that point and no temp rise. Thursday evening I was back to peak tests and they have continued to stay peak. I saw a slight temp increase this morning and have been having cramps again. I have no idea what my body is doing. Probably just screwing with me since it was my last shot until my surgery
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GTKY: We are not affected by Hurricane. However we traveled to TN this wkd and they will get some rain and wind this evening and into tomorrow from hurricane so we will be in that but it won’t be bad
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): CD14
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): Prenatals. Also found out right before this cycle began that melatonin, which I'd been taking nearly every night, can interfere with hormone levels, so this is the first cycle where I'm off melatonin entirely.
Rants/Raves: Add me to the club of weird/inconclusive fertility signs! My temp's been all over the place, too. Had a positive OPK on Sat, CD12, and it was negative Sun morning. The positive OPK matched decently with levels of EWCM. So FF thought I'd ovulate yesterday, Sunday, and I did have some possible ovulation pain. Cut to this morning, though, there's no clear temp rise. (I mean, it's higher than it was for the past 3 days but not as high as my highest pre-O temp. Timing of temps should be OK, and I haven't been getting up to go to the bathroom or anything). So now FF is guessing I'll ovulate tomorrow. But also no more EWCM. Did not try an OPK again this morning, but maybe I should've. Meh.
Questions for the group:
GTKY: Are you affected by Hurricane / Tropical Storm Florence? No, we live in Colorado. An acquaintance from a writing workshop I went to was in the path, though, but it sounds like she and her husband came out OK.
Status (WTO/TWW/Benched/in process of testing or treatment): today is O day!
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable):CD16
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): TI, prenatals, CoQ10
Rants/Raves: have an appointment with my OB in two weeks to start clomid or letrazole, which supposedly will fix our issues....so kind of excited about that. Also, I got a new job, it's basically my dream job, plus I've been miserable at my current job due to having one of the worst supervisors i've ever had, so I'm super excited for the change!
Questions for the group: none
GTKY: Are you affected by Hurricane / Tropical Storm Florence? nope. on the west coast and enjoying the lovely fall weather before it starts to rain buckets.
TTC#1 since November 2015
9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018
May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): No idea, just following my treatment calendar!
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): prenatals, vitamin D, CoQ10, baby aspirin, estrace, PIO shots
Rants/Raves: feeling very grateful and at peace with everything lately, thankful for my meditation app
Questions for the group: for anyone who's done IVF (@poemasque), does anyone know if your lining can still go up more after you start PIO?
GTKY: Are you affected by Hurricane / Tropical Storm Florence? No, thankfully. But my husband has some aunts/uncles/cousins in NC
TTC#1 since November 2015
9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018
May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
@PoeMasque that is really interesting about the lining thickness, and some women over st the infertility boards explained that lining continues to grow during the PIO shots so who knows, maybe my lining was too thick last time and this time’s the ticket! Glad to hear you have an appt for Clomid or letrozole - do you mind me asking what issues they fix? I did letrozole (Femara) for 2 iui’s and I only had one egg per cycle but my aunt told me both my cousins were born using Clomid back in the 70’s!
@Mack2342 sorry you may've missed the boat. Last cycle, hubby and I possibly had a similar case. I know it's not the greatest attitude since of course there is (or should be) more to sex than just making a little person, but it was hard not to feel like we'd "wasted" near-daily sex during what apparently was not a fertile time after all.
Still no temp rise for me, but at this point I agree it may be better not to have one, as if it's tomorrow then hubby and I will have probably missed the window, too, as no BDing since Sunday.
I know it's possible, though not common, to have a delayed temp rise, but it seems that if that were the case for me, there should be at least tiny shifts upward, rather than temp going DOWN as it did yesterday. Plus, if my +OPK/FF were correct at the time and I did O on Sunday, then a 4-day delayed temp rise (if it rises tomorrow) seems even more unlikely.
Anyway, after this cycle, assuming it results in the 99% likely no-pregnancy, I'm setting up an appointment for hubby and I with an RE.
As of this morning, FF is now claiming it's made sense of my wonky temperatures and telling me I DID ovulate--back on Saturday, CD12. (Granted, the crosshairs only show due to telling it to ignore yesterday's temp, which I took about 45 minutes before my standard time after being awake for nearly an hour.) If that's true our timing was actually pretty good this cycle, but as even my high temps are still pretty low (97.5ish) and I seem to keep bouncing down to 97.3 or 97.2, I'm not sure I trust FF on this one.
Education day on tuesday for IVF.
@drewsdarlin exciting about education day for IVF. It’s nice to know you have a plan and can move forward with it.
TTC#1 since November 2015
9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018
May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!