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Month/Cycle:
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
CS/Q:
Re: WTO Monday 12/17
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: prenatals, BBT, OPK, all the FertilAids pills for men
R/R: This is going to be a brain dump as last week/weekend was really hard. H and I had a lot of difficult conversations.
We got the results of his second SA. They were much better but still not enough (SA #1: 3.3 millions/ml, SA#2: 9 millions/ml). His motile count was in the normal range so this was really encouraging. We were feeling so hopeful again. Then on Saturday, his younger brother and his wife called us because they wanted to tell us something in person:
And then H's other brother got his 3rd kid yesterday. I told my H his family isn't the best environment for us at this time. It's BFP and new babies all the time. There's been 1-2 births/year in his family (siblings) for the last 5 years. At this time, it is just too much for me. H agreed we should take some time off from them for our sanity.
CS/Q:
10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml)
11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged
1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele
4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery
6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020
7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
TTC #2
9/07/2021: BFP - CP: 9/10/2021
10/07/2021: BFP - CP: 10/23/2021
12/23/2021: BFP! EDD: 08/31/2022
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: PNVs, OPKs, CM, HIO, BBT (!!)
R/R: I’M GETTING SO EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS!!! Is anyone else on the Christmas Express with me? Lol. We didn’t take one of our ~romantic~ walks through our neighborhood this weekend so we decided we needed to this week so we can see all the Christmas lights again (and the mini train setup!!). We also have a house down the street that has a full on tiny child-sized Ferris wheel. I kid you not.
CS/Q: Nah, dude. Still practicing. Lol.
@lillywonderland I am on the Xmas Xpress with you! EWEEEEPPPPPPPPP. I tried to talk DH into taking me to see lights last night but it didn't work Maybe tonight
Month/Cycle: 14
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: Prometrium, PNV, VitC, CoQ10, Levythyroxine
R/R: I had 1,000 things to do this weekend and I did approximately NONE of them. Instead I got tipsy on Saturday night then paid dearly for it on Sunday with an all day hang over. You guys, I MAYBE had 3 drinks.
4 day week then I'm done till the New Year! Man I need a break! It's hard to come to work and sit on TB all day
CS/Q: Bah humbug
@lillywonderland I think Christmas has come too fast this year for me to be that excited. Not done gift shopping and we still haven't put our tree up. I'm thinking we will just skip having the tree up this year but maybe later I will put up decorations since we do more seasonal decor than specific holidays
@nomangos23 I was you during the week last week. Having so many things to do and doing none of them. Sunday I was quite productive nearly completing a project plus finally getting all my clean clothes hung and put away. I had stuff that I wore a month ago sitting in hampers
Month/Cycle: 18/17
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: letrozole, IUI #1, progesterone suppositories, PNV, vitamin D, getting DH to finish all the multivitamins and such that I've bought in the last year just to get rid of them.
R/R: I was finally productive this weekend! The project I'm working on is a white elephant gift. There's a bit of a backstory to it which I will tell later when it's finished, but I'm decorating a bowling pin. Now if only I had gotten to all the dishes sitting on the counter. I think the only clean plates are in our dishwasher now
CS/Q: Since some time into the TWW last month I've noticed my temps haven't fluctuated much from day to day, and that's with oral temping! How weird.
TTC #1 since 7.2017
Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3 | all BFN
IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys
FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name"
RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET
FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer
2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle
Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks
TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20
Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21
Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation
Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal
Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations
BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy
DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023
Consultation with RI | 6.6.23
Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal
Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56
Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine
Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds
Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox
Repeat labs in 8 weeks
Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues
TTC put on pause
@lillywonderland I love your excitement! I’m not quite there yet because there’s still so much to do and so little time. I’m thinking some christmas movies on my next day off will help get me in the mood while I wrap presents! Your neighbourhood really goes all out!
@nomangos23 Sounds like maybe you needed to let loose a little! Hope it was a great time. Glad you are almost done work until the new year!
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: SMEP, Ava, CM, OPK, fertility yoga
R/R: Work the next 2 nights then just have 2 days off to prepare for Christmas! I can’t believe how this month has flown by! This is going to be a busy week and need to also fit in SMEP. I’m looking forward to going home for Christmas to see all my family.
CS/Q: nah
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU: PNV, HIO, BBT, CM
R/R: I was really hoping to give this cycle an all out effort but we have been sick for what feels like a lifetime. And because I was taking mucinex I was like the Sahara in terms of CM.
CS/Q: none
@rikiteacup I’m glad your husband was receptive to taking some family “time off”. Take care of yourself.
@lillywonderland That is both ridiculous and great. I want to see this yard Ferris wheel.
@nomangos23 My least favorite process about aging has been how extra my hangovers have become no matter how much or little I drink. It sucks!
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
@lillywonderland: A ferris wheel. Wow. How fun! And, I'm on the Christmas train, too....wish I was off work and could just do fun stuff all day long!
@nomangos23: The hangovers nowdays are FOR REAL for me, too. Like, one glass of wine makes me sleep poorly. Ugh.
@inthewoods23: That chart looks like it's off to a good start!
@misshelen86: hopefully you can fit everything in....it's tough to be on a night schedule!
@motherofdragons: Ugh on being sick, particularly during more important times of the month. Booo.
Month/Cycle: Cycle 6
CD: 2
WAYDTGKU: SMEP (wasn’t very good at it last time), OPK, BBT, CM/CP, and still taking inositol and PNV. daily activity/exercise. (20-30 minutes)
R/R: Monday...enough said. I also showed up to do some work for an off-site contract today, and no one was there. I went at 930, thinking that certainly someone would be at work by that point. Nope. So now I guess I go back this afternoon? Ugh.
CS/Q: No so much a CS/Q, but more musings in general. We officially started trying this summer, but were NTNP for about 1 year total. If I'm honest in looking back at these 6 months, at least 2 of them were timing busts (due to travel, sickness), with no BD in the FW (or only one) and one an-O cycle. So while my 6 cycle looks glum, I think really we've had like 3 "good" cycles. This made me feel a little better this morning, although it also made me a little mad at myself for the missed opportunities. Oh well. Keep on keeping on.
@nomangos23 thank you. You nailed it. Sorry about your hangover. Drink lots of Gatorade!
@inthewoods23 I am curious about your white elephant!
@misshelen86 good luck with your christmas preparation. I agree, time is flying by!
@MotherofDragons I recommend the Baby Dance lube. It is sperm friendly and paraben free (unlike Preseed). You can buy it online at FairHavenHealth and delivery is super fast.
10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml)
11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged
1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele
4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery
6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020
7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
TTC #2
9/07/2021: BFP - CP: 9/10/2021
10/07/2021: BFP - CP: 10/23/2021
12/23/2021: BFP! EDD: 08/31/2022
@lcking82 As someone who was also NTNP for what feels now like way too long (March-Sept.), w/ only 1 BD often during my FW (which I'd been mapping forever but only based on the length of my period), i FEEL YOU. I guess: hindsight is 20/20, right? Keep on keeping on indeed. I hope you did a lot of other fun stuff during NTNP that maybe you wouldn't have if you'd been TTC then. Like, not stress about the quality of yr CM or when you O'd at the VERY least haha.
@inthewoods23 Samesies on the dishes. oooops.
@nomangos23 Nooooo nothing worse than an undeserved all-day hangover! the deeper into the 30s I get, the easier it is for me to be wicked hungover off of like 3 adult beverages. There was this great article I read once that was like "how to consume alcohol into yr 30s" and it was all like--start early, only drink heavily early, after 2 drinks, drink 8 oz water for every drink you have. don't mix alcohols--stick with one type. if you're gonna drink beer, drink it after alcohol, not before. if you're gonna drink wine, drink wine all night. NOW, while this is advice I have clearly memorized, it doesn't mean I always take it...
@lillywonderland I, too, am impressed by your xmas enthusiasm! I wrapped some gifts last night--let me tell you, wrapping is my favorite part--but I'm not "done" shopping enough to wrap the rest. Maybe I need to make some cookies or something. It's actually been decently cold (at least at night) down here in southern Louisiana so it kind of feels more like Christmas--I am going to ride your xmas train of excitement vicariously.
@themadcamel ergh that sounds terrible. i hope you're feeling better now!
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: PNV, FF (BBT, OPK, CM), RLT, & this week... we're gonna HIO! Wooo.
R/R: the NFL team I cheer for kept their playoff hopes alive last night! woot! It's a long shot for them to make it, but I like having hope. Having hope is my fave. / I drove downtown yesterday to do some xmas shopping and 1) the holiday bazaar craft market that said it'd be open til 10pm (yes, on a Sunday, which yes, I thought was weird--) was NOT open, AND then I went to the science museum giftshop & found some stuff to buy--but I'd forgotten my wallet. -_-
CS/Q: I feel like I should prrrrrobably "discard" the super low temp from early in my chart when it was absolutely nightmarishly cold in my house & I was still temping orally, but since it's my first-ever chart, I'm leaving everything as is bc it's all gonna be a mess. I mean, we're leaving Sat. to drive up to the NE where our fam lives--it's a 20+ hour drive [don't worry, we'll stop at a motel & sleep at some point]-- w/ the dogs (our two 50 lb beasts) so, I mean. All. A. Mess. But bc I love it anyway, here's my macaroni-glued-to-a-plate-but-calling-it-art chart:
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPKs, HIO EOD, Prenatals, Aspirin
R/R: Getting super excited for DH and I's Christmas vacay! We leave Wednesday. We haven't been on a proper vacation (longer than a weekend) in almost 2 years!
CS/Q: Nope. The past two cycles I've O'd on CD16, so here's hoping it's soon!
DS born 6/2017, became a heart angel 8/2018
CP 3/2019
@rikiteacup, so glad you and H are feeling more hopeful after his improved SA results!
@lillywonderland, HECK YES I'M EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS TOO! Gif below is me with my husband
@nomangos23, hope you can talk your H into seeing the Christmas lights with you tonight!
@inthewoods23, I'm excited to hear the backstory with the bowling pin. Sounds fun!
@themadcamel, OMG how scary! Hope you are feeling better today.
@SpongeWorthy, I hope you and your H have a lovely Christmas vacay.
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
@nomangos23 getting tipsy sounds so much more fun than doing adult things. Hangovers suck though. I’m so envious of your time off during the holidays! I don’t have a ton of PTO so I’ll be schlepping it at work in between holidays with the other unfortunate ones.
@inthewoods23 Please share pics and the backstory to the bowling pin! We needs to know!! 😁
@motherofdragons Do you have any lube/preseed? That should help with your *ahem* African desert predicament.
@icking82 I’m hoping that the this cycle is key for you!! Work travel sucks and I know it’s going to mess us up once MH starts again in a couple weeks. Bah humbug!
@themadcamel Maybe it was food poisoning? I dunno, that doesn’t seem like a reaction to coming off BC, but I’m not a Doctor (I only play one on TV! Lol!) I’ve had some nasty bouts of FP and it sounds like that.
@kagesstarshroom I wish we could be friends, but we are a Pats/Cowboys household. 😜
@spongeworthy If you don’t mind sharing, whereabouts is YH taking you on your vacay? Somewhere warm and sunny with a pina colada??
@galentine Waaaaaaah!! I can’t see your gif!!
@misshelen86 Thanks! I’ll have to check out those videos. I started doing some yoga again recently and I’m really digging it! Anything to help the cause
@lillywonderland We’re going to Cancun All the sunshine and fruity drinks, please!
DS born 6/2017, became a heart angel 8/2018
CP 3/2019
@SpongeWorthy lolol I mean--I think it's definitely "cute" how exciting it's been for the Browns/their fans this season. What college team do you pull for?
@lcking82 Awww my dad is the same way. I was downtown for the Cavs win and everyone flooded the streets afterwards. It was glorious
DS born 6/2017, became a heart angel 8/2018
CP 3/2019