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WTO Thursday 12/6
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Re: WTO Thursday 12/6
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: OPKs, PNVs, BBT, FF
R/R: I lost my work badge which is a security badge so I cant get into my building or office or clock in. Grrr. Hoping it's at home otherwise I'll have to go pay $10 for a replacement. I should have stayed in bed.
CS/Q: didn't get my O temp rise this morning and I'm on day 3 of +OPKs so maybe today is O day instead of yesterday?
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: opks, monitoring CM, HIO EODish
R/R: I have tomorrow off, so it's my Friday today! Wooo!
CS/Q: nope
@galentine Oooh jealous it's your Friday! This week has lasted a million days already.
Month/cycle: 7
CD:6
WAYDTGKU: SMEP, charting, cutting out caffeine, PNV, etc
R/R: my rave today is my hubby. I have been a barely functioning human this week and he has really stepped in to do extra house stuff like cleaning and cooking. He is seriously the best and I majorly owe him.
CS/Q: Ho hum
@galentine Yay! Happy early weekend!!!
@jennifer_louise That's awesome about YH!
ETA: Tags
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: Metformin (for PCOS), Armour Thyroid (for Hashimoto's), PNVs, Vitamin C & D, Kelp, Calcium, OPKs, Temping, FighterDiet
R/R: It's THURSDAY! Hoping today and tomorrow fly by!
CS/Q:
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@galentine Yay for Thursday being your Friday! For some reason yesterday felt like a Friday to me... If only.
@jennifer_louise Go DH! Hopefully you can make it up to him with the SMEPping
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPKs, Prenatals, Aspirin, SMEP?
R/R: Got my new thermometer yesterday woohoo! I won’t start temping until AF is over, though.
CS/Q: Nothing to see.
CP 3/2019
Are any of your positive darker than the control, or is there one that stands out as darker than the rest? I've gotten 3 days of positives before and no temp rise until 5 days later (I probably O'd on a secondary surge that I didn't test for).
@galentine - Yay for an early weekend!!
@jennifer_louise - I agree, this week has draaaaaaged. YH sounds so sweet! I love it when MH steps in and does things without asking, seeing that I'm overwhelmed.
@brookert615 - Hey cycle buddy! Any sign of O yet?
@SpongeWorthy - You know your TTGP when you get excited over a new thermometer. Haha! What kind did you go with?
Month/Cycle: 8/7
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, CM, CP?, HIO ED
R/R: I am impressed by all you ladies that have to romance your husbands! DH was not in the mood last night because he was upset that I didn't spend any time with him all evening (I made a ton of cookies for our parties this weekend), so I pulled out all the stops and got him in the mood, but man does that take a ton of effort! Most of the time I just crawl in bed next to him and he's in the mood.
CS/Q: Temp was back down, so I discarded the high one from yesterday (elevated because of cold).
When your cervix is open, how big is the opening? I'm still new to this CP thing.
Also, does anyone know how to get FF to recognize my normal wakeup time? All of the open circles are between 5-5:35, and the solid ones are my 4:15 ones. FF is being silly.
@galentine Yay for a long weekend!!
@jennifer_louise Major props to your H! Glad he is able to really step up when you need him
@brookert615 Also ready for the weekend over here! Hope the rest of your week flies by!
@SpongeWorthy Good luck with SMEP if you decide to try it! I hope your new thermometer works well.
Month/Cycle: 8/6
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: Ava, Ovasitol (for PCOS), Vitex, pnv, HIO EOD+
R/R: I had a financial consultation over the phone this morning with my RE's office. Thankfully IUI should be covered in full, other than possibly any medications that I will need to take - I guess we need to verify that somewhere else? No idea why pharmacy info is separate from regular medical coverage. I asked about IVF since it is not covered and oof, I knew it was expensive, but man what a ridiculous extra concern to have to deal with when struggling with infertility. Why can't it be covered by insurance, at least like 50%, since the people using it are obviously in need and have been through ENOUGH! #endrant
CS/Q: No questions, just not so patiently waiting for O so I can figure out when CD 3 might fall. The timing is tricky since we have a trip out of state planned for the week after Christmas, plus new insurance doesn't start until Jan 1 but my RE's office won't be able to verify coverage for at least a week or so after that.
@dogmomma096 my boss let me in to my office but it's a super pain because all our doors are secure so I'm basically stuck in my office all day.
CP 3/2019
@marebear15 I did get a temp rise this morning. I drank too much water to take an OPK last night but I'm thinking going by temps might be best right now anyways.CP is hard - I usually can only tell the softness and that's it. I use the Ovia app and it's helpful on tracking that kind of stuff. It is hard when they need romanced! DH is like that and it is so frustrating. He told me he's going to get a squirt bottle because my libido is apparently out of control
@dogmomma096 Sorry you're going through so much with the financial logistics
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@marebear15 YOU'RE the impressive one with HIO ED!! I don't think we could sustain that for more than 5ish days. Although, if it doesn't happen this cycle, maybe we will try.
@DOGMOMMA096 preach girl!! I can't believe that money is something else to worry about with fertility struggles!! I mean I'm all for getting pregnant but why should IVF be only a rich person's solution??
@kimmer1412 - I'm guessing O is today, and you'll get your temp rise tomorrow. After your LH surge, the egg should be release in 12-36 hours, so it makes sense with the timeline. Sorry about work "jail."
@SpongeWorthy - Hmm, thanks for the guidance, but it did nothing to my chart. 🤷 Whatevs, just makes my chart look like a newb's.
@brookert615 - Lol! A squirt bottle to calm you down, or to fake it?
@marebear15 Hmm maybe it doesn’t work retroactively? But I think from now on it should recognize your new temp time.
Is anyone else’s Bump app screwing up? It takes so long for pages to load and I can’t love it or comment until things are loaded.
CP 3/2019
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@galentine haha love the GIF. I'm somewhat ashamed to admit I don't think I've even seen a single episode of Parks & Rec, however I love me some Amy Poehler. I know, I know, I'll get around to it one day. It's on my "mat leave" list.
@jennifer_louise aww so much
@brookert615 I love the new bitmoji but I don't recognize you anymore, lol. And re: the squirt bottle, I definitely thought you meant he was going to use it to ... ya know... "turkey baster" you instead
@SpongeWorthy yay for new thermo!
@marebear15 I'm lucky I don't have to try very hard to romance MF either, most of the time if we're not in the mood it's because we're just dead tired and pass out before anything gets going haha. glad you were able to maintain your HIO streak last night, with a little elbow grease.
@dogmomma096 that's good news about the IUI coverage. Hopefully the timing works out for you with the holidays and when your coverage eventually kicks in. You're so right about IVF costs though, it's really crazy. My insurance doesn't cover any of the drugs, so they cost almost as much as the procedure itself here. Insane!
Month/Cycle: 12/9
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: PNVs, BBT/RHR, CM, Vit C & D, Vit B12, Omega 3s, CoQ10, Metformin, Ovasitol (until I've transitioned up to full dose of metformin), PCOS/low carb diet, HIO, softcups, acupuncture, doing a monitored letrozole cycle w/my RE this month
R/R: Rant: I'm still spotting a bit from my sono the other day. The u/s tech this morning just grunted at me when I asked if it was normal. Oookay then. I think I just irritated it last night when we DTD. Rave: My RE's office just called, they've given us the green light to HIO in hopes I'll ovulate in the next few days!!
CS/Q: I'm just temping so I have the data at this point because my RE is doing a monitored cycle. My b/w and u/s tell the real story. We'll see how this goes the next few days!
TTC History:
Me: 36 MH: 39, TTC since Dec 2017
Aug '18: PCOS dx
Nov '18: MH SA - 19mil
Dec '18-Mar '19: Letrozole + TI - all BFN
Apr '19: Letrozole + TI, - BFN. Repeat SA (27mil) & DNA fragmentation test (17%)
Aug '19: Letrozole + HCG trigger + IUI + prog supp - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Sep '19: 2nd IUI, same protocol - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Dec '19: IVF #1 w/ICSI, PGT. 5 retrieved, 4 fertilized, 3 blasts, 3 PGT-A normal.
Mar '20: FET #1, perfect 5AA blast transferred. BFN.
Sept '20: FET #2, 5BB tsf. 9/18/20 BFP!! EDD: 5/27/21. MMC 11w
Feb ‘21: FET #3, last 6BB blast transferred. BFP, EDD 11/2/21. MC 5w3d.
May '21: IVF #2 w/ICSI, PGT. 8R, 7M, 6F, 6 blasts - 3AB, 3AB, 3BB, 4BB, 5BB, 6BA. Fresh tsf 5/13/21 - BFN.
June '21: PGT-A results = 3 abnormal, 1 low level mosaic. Referred to new REI, had consult with 2nd RE in between.
Sept '21: RPL, immune testing normal
Oct '21: IVF #3 w/IMSI, PGT. 33R, 26M, 23F, 9 blasts (7 day 6, 2 day 7). PGT-A = 5 normal, 1 mosaic
Dec '21: Positive for endometritis, RX Flagyl & Keflex
Jan '22: FET #5 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol incl. PRP, intralipids, prednisone, medrol, nivestym, fragmin - CP
Feb '22: FET #6 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol w/higher doses of pred & fragmin - BFN
Mar '22: Mock cycle for ERA - cancelled, repeat endometrial biopsy instead. Still positive for endometritis. RX ciprofloxacin & amoxicillin.
Apr '22: IVF #4 w/IMSI, PGT. 28R, 23M, 16F, 11 blasts. PGT-A = 6 normal.
June '22: FET #7 - Microdose lupron downreg w/kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol - double embryo transfer. BFN.
July '22: FET #8 - Mini stim w/Puregon + trigger, kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol. BFN.
Sep '22: Taking a break
Dec '22: Attempted abdominal myomectomy, fibroid too close to cervix and major blood vessels. Wasn't removed.
Feb '23: FET #9 - Modified natural w/baby asp, HCG trigger, PIO, PRP, Medrol, HCG wash, embryo glue - BFP!! EDD 11/11/23
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: pnv, bbt, cm, opk, smep, hio, coq10, etc.
R/R: Our friends in Hawaii sent us a care package with a bunch of local candy, sauces, lip balm, etc. It included some coasters that they made and key chains they made too. It was really sweet and thoughtful. I need to think of something I can send them in return.
@littleredm That is such a cute gift!
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
Found my badge at home!
@marebear15 I just took another OPK and the line is slightly lighter then control so I'm guessing yesterday was O so maybe I'll get my temp rise tomorrow?
@marebear15, I'm impressed with your dedication to ED! Good for you for pulling out all the stops.
@dogmomma096, I hope your O comes soon so you can make your plans around the holidays accordingly!
@kiki047, yay for the RE's green light to HIO! ETA - YOU'VE NEVER SEEN PARKS AND RECREATION?! You should probably rectify that immediately.
@littleredm, your friends are so sweet to send that package. What are you thinking about sending back?
I already posted upthread, but I wanted to add a rant: my H hasn't been feeling the best, and I'm having CM signs that O might be just around the corner (over a week earlier than my usual). I would be so frustrated if we missed the FW due to illness. Ugggh. Fingers crossed O holds off a bit longer.
@kimmer1412 whew, glad you found your badge!
@galentine yeeaaahh I dunno why I never watched it, I think it just got more and more daunting the more seasons there were cuz I fell further and further behind... then I just got busy/lazy because I don't really watch a lot of TV. I swear it's at the top of my list.
TTC History:
Me: 36 MH: 39, TTC since Dec 2017
Aug '18: PCOS dx
Nov '18: MH SA - 19mil
Dec '18-Mar '19: Letrozole + TI - all BFN
Apr '19: Letrozole + TI, - BFN. Repeat SA (27mil) & DNA fragmentation test (17%)
Aug '19: Letrozole + HCG trigger + IUI + prog supp - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Sep '19: 2nd IUI, same protocol - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Dec '19: IVF #1 w/ICSI, PGT. 5 retrieved, 4 fertilized, 3 blasts, 3 PGT-A normal.
Mar '20: FET #1, perfect 5AA blast transferred. BFN.
Sept '20: FET #2, 5BB tsf. 9/18/20 BFP!! EDD: 5/27/21. MMC 11w
Feb ‘21: FET #3, last 6BB blast transferred. BFP, EDD 11/2/21. MC 5w3d.
May '21: IVF #2 w/ICSI, PGT. 8R, 7M, 6F, 6 blasts - 3AB, 3AB, 3BB, 4BB, 5BB, 6BA. Fresh tsf 5/13/21 - BFN.
June '21: PGT-A results = 3 abnormal, 1 low level mosaic. Referred to new REI, had consult with 2nd RE in between.
Sept '21: RPL, immune testing normal
Oct '21: IVF #3 w/IMSI, PGT. 33R, 26M, 23F, 9 blasts (7 day 6, 2 day 7). PGT-A = 5 normal, 1 mosaic
Dec '21: Positive for endometritis, RX Flagyl & Keflex
Jan '22: FET #5 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol incl. PRP, intralipids, prednisone, medrol, nivestym, fragmin - CP
Feb '22: FET #6 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol w/higher doses of pred & fragmin - BFN
Mar '22: Mock cycle for ERA - cancelled, repeat endometrial biopsy instead. Still positive for endometritis. RX ciprofloxacin & amoxicillin.
Apr '22: IVF #4 w/IMSI, PGT. 28R, 23M, 16F, 11 blasts. PGT-A = 6 normal.
June '22: FET #7 - Microdose lupron downreg w/kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol - double embryo transfer. BFN.
July '22: FET #8 - Mini stim w/Puregon + trigger, kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol. BFN.
Sep '22: Taking a break
Dec '22: Attempted abdominal myomectomy, fibroid too close to cervix and major blood vessels. Wasn't removed.
Feb '23: FET #9 - Modified natural w/baby asp, HCG trigger, PIO, PRP, Medrol, HCG wash, embryo glue - BFP!! EDD 11/11/23