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WTO Weekend 5/18-5/19
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**This is a thread that welcomes all regardless of where they are at in their TTC journeys. Please be mindful of topics that are discussed that could be hurtful to those going through tough times. Mention of children or pregnancies of others should have a TW (trigger warning) and be in a spoiler if possible, and only be mentioned if it is extremely pertinent to the conversation. Thanks for keeping this a safe place for us all to engage!**
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BFP 6/3/19 EDD 2/14/20 BFP 4/15/21 EDD 12/20/21
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
Re: WTO Weekend 5/18-5/19
Month/Cycle: 10/10
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: Bump mobile but a bunch of vitamins and a couple meds plus just started baby aspirin and COQ10 and just got DH a “Conquer” on Amazon. It has good reviews so who knows! That came last night and on the bottle it had a sticker to get a free bottle with your receipt of first purchase so that’s cool!
R/R: I caved and bought the expensive OPKs again because it’s just going to be easier camping next weekend! Celebrating DH’s birthday this weekend so that should be fun!
CS/Q:
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
CD: 22
WAYDTGKU: benched; OPK and BBT
R/R: I signed my teaching contract for next year yesterday! In my 7 years of teaching, I have never been in the same grade level at the same school ever for more than 1 year, and I haven’t had a contract given to me to sign for the next year since I moved back to Ohio from teaching in Arizona in 2015. So needless to say, I was dancing in the hallway after school yesterday with a teaching friend. I’m so excited to have finally found my home for the rest of my career!
CS/Q: I think I O’d yesterday. I stopped OPK’s because they weren’t accurate (I’m thinking TW since my loss my hormones are wackadoo end TW) so I focused more on BBT and CM. I’m fairly certain O happened yesterday, but just waiting on FF to confirm.
*edited to chance my CD because, you know, apparently I don’t pay attention to my chart and days 🤦🏼♀️
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@ejoseph16 congratulations on signing your contract! That is so exciting!
@brookert615 happy birthday to Mr. Brooker! 🎉 Have a great time celebrating!
Month/Cycle: 10/9 (fourth cycle AL)
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU: Prenatal vitamins, Fertility Friend, temping, OPKs, tracking CM, fertility tea, RE appointment next week. Starting to get really nervous about that.
R/R: I need this cold to stay the heck away! I don't want to attempt to sing while congested. Not fun!
CS/Q: I think O might have been yesterday. I still had EWCM and my OPKs were still very dark. This morning's temp is probably not reliable since I slept horribly, don't feel great, and had wine last night. I fell asleep around 9:30, and DH had to wake me up around 11:30 to HIO. 🤦♀️ That's romance, y'all.
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@ejoseph16 I always say "trust your temps" in terms of O date--everything else is just helpful, until its not. And CONGRATS on your contract!!
@emeraldduchess I feel like that steady rise could def. be indicative of O & hope the temps stay up there so FF can-might confirm it. Sorry you're still not feeling well, though enjoy the alone time!
Month/Cycle: 8/4AL
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: BBT, FF, PNV, RLT, GFJ, CoQ10, VitD, VitC, Green Tea, eating the good stuff--soon: OPK, CM, BD
R/R: My swap is today! It's supposed to be rainy AND there's the "other" event someone is hosting, so I think we'll have a low turnout--this just means I won't put as much energy into cleaning the house lol. Oops. I had a really lackluster day yesterday, but we had a good date night w/ the free Honey Island Swamp Band concert downtown and then went out for pizza--I also had an alcoholic beverage, which I have not been doing, but I figured it was okay to have a "cheat day"--and I chose well, it was a chai-infused bourbon w/ grapefruit juice &...something else... called a Delhi Derby. Yum.
CS/Q: Does anyone else feel like TTC couples keep the vitamin industry alive and well? I hate how much we spend on vitamins, considering we are very broke. Second question, and this is real specific AND its the weekend, so if no one answers, it's cool: I was getting light-headed during yoga yesterday, particularly in down-dog--should I be avoiding any sort of inversion when I have AF? I thought a simple one like down-dog wasn't an issue, and also AF for me is very light days 4-6, if it lasts through 6, so I was surprised at this. I ate and drank water before I exercised soooo. Just was a bit thrown by this.
@ejoseph16 congrats on your contract! Hope crosshairs confirm O for you!
@emeraldduchess sorry about your cold, hope you feel better soon! Good luck rehearsing and I hope you get to rest!
Month/Cycle: 1/1
CD: 22
WAYDTGKU: OPKs, CM, pre seed, PNV, ED
R/R: we went to my favorite donut place this morning and then went on a hike! It was so much fun!
CS/Q: since we were gone all morning I made sure I didn’t drink much and was able to hold my pee for 4 hours. My OPK was darker than I’ve seen it yet. Now I’m wondering if I’m about to O or if I’ve just done a bad job following instructions 😬
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@kagesstarshroom I think there's just a few poses to avoid when doing yoga during AF but downward dog shouldn't be that bad.
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
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
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@brookert615 yes I’m going to try and test tonight. I had been testing at like 8:30am and 3pm but I’ve been reading a lot of women get their surge in the evening so maybe I missed mine or it’s possible I diluted it with water or maybe it’s coming late this month. I’m a little worried I haven’t had any breast tenderness. I feel like I usually do during ovulation but of course silly me never wrote down when it happened in the past so I can’t be sure.
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@inthewoods23 Thanks! I will definitely try to get more iron, esp during AF, & see if that helps.
@varimama FX O is coming! What kind of donuts did you get? I've been craving donuts SO much recently! But good, local donut shop stuff, not Dunkin. A new place opened around the corner from me and I am scared to go there because if it's good, then I won't have the willpower to stay away!
@kagesstarshroom that cocktail sounds yummy! I love cocktails with grapefruit. Skinnygirl has a good grapefruit margarita! I agree, there's definitely a crazy market for all things TTC. I'm sure the tea that I'm drinking probably isn't actually doing anything, but it tastes good (and there's a lot!) so I keep on sipping it.
minutes but it’s worth it!
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Question: my OPK was darker yesterday evening but still not positive, if I get a positive OPK this morning do I need to test again tonight or can I wait until tomorrow morning?
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
So these dots are done over a series of days & the tester only gets one positive. I usually test every twice a day UNTIL it's clearly negative again so I know the LH surge is over--I guess everyone's surge is different & some ppl test positive for longer than others (see # of hours above.) Anyway. I hope I didn't type so much that this makes less sense haha.
AFM: I had my swap yesterday & people who had said YES on the FB event just didn't show up and that REALLY made me mad! There was another event at the same time that I didn't go to BC of my event, so that makes me feel even worse---one that someone would throw another event (at least, like, contact me when you are planning your event and be like "hey do you want to move yours?" as I had invited one of the people who the grad party was celebrating and the wife of the other!!!! and i would have--don't, less than a week before, plan yr graduation party that overlaps with me shit and expect me to be happy about it. clearly I can't go to your thing when I'm expecting ppl at my house only hours later?! Ugh. The swap was fine, but one person showed up and no one else of her size was there & I felt super bad bc I said "all sizes and styles welcome" and two of the ppl who didn't come would have been ppl who could have swapped with her. She took some books home, and seemed to have a good time, but still. Only one of those ppl texted me yesterday to say she wasn't feeling well--someone else texted me this morning (whom I KNOW went to the other event!) to say she was sorry but hadn't come bc she was afraid nothing would be in her size, but I feel like she's only texting bc it got back to her that I was pissed? I *know* I expect too much of people, but--I will save a rant about having trouble making/keeping friends during grad school for another day. Morals of the story 1) Don't say you're gonna go to something and not go!!!! 2) Don't piss ME off.
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
@varimama I have *one* at dunkins about once a year. Even grocery store bakery donuts are a ton better than Dunks, those used to be my weakness! Sorry about the OPK ambiguity. I am getting "high" on Clear Blue and negatives on my cheapies. So confusing, but maybe a digital would put your mind at ease?
@brooker615 Good call on the digital. HBD to Mr. brooker.
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: OPKs, EOD
R/R: Fell of my low-sugar diet this weekend, but I had half of the Mexican tortilla salad at Cheesecake Factory (Skinnylicious menu) yesterday and it was SO GOOD. Highly recommend.
I am aiming to HIO 4 times this cycle, minimum. It is so weird to think MH and I didnt have sex for 2.5 years and now we are doing it 4-6x a month. This time of life is weird and a lot of work.
CS/Q: nada
TTC #2: Jan 2019
DS: 2.5 yo
EDD: 12/2/16 DOB: 10/22/16
(Previously MBS2016 Dec 2016 board
@bobbyflies2020 Oh my! That salad sounds fabulous! Good luck with keeping up with HIO!
Soooo not sure what my body is doing but I had a temp dip today and a “high” result on my advanced OPK! So hoping we can keep up with HIO now that I think I’m going to O earlier! DH has been keeping up with his fertility supplement and his vitamins and we’ve both been taking our Mucinex. Also for those who talked about pineapple I went down the rabbit hole and apparently taking baby aspirin does the same thing? But the pineapple messes with PH? 🧐
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Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@brookert615 MH drinks pineapple juice bc (((TMI warning?))) his sperm is super acidic and pineapple juice helps balance it out so it doesn't... BURN me. I was just reading somewhere how the pH of a vag changes w/ the flow of our cycle, so that was interesting to me. That's quite the temp dip! I have O'd on 3 different cycle days (13-15) according to FF, so who knows! Have fun HIO!
@varimama I blame two things on people's general unreliability: cell phones and the internet. Before them, if you said you were gonna be somewhere & didn't go, everyone was like "where's so and so? They said they would be here!" Now, since we can just send a text or DM, we aren't as reliable as humans. And I'm fine--as long as ppl let you know BEFORE not showing up that they're not gonna show. I didn't feel like it was up to me to contact them and be like "hey where are you you said you'd come to my thing." Anyway. Thanks to everyone who said something nice about this; I really hate being mad, so hoping I will get over it soon.
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
CD: 13
WAYDTGP: Unprotected sex EODish, no pulling out today on (hopeful) O!
R/R: Trying was supposed to start in July but we talked about rolling the dice just a little early and it’s my first month of actual hope!
CS/Q: nope
Just wanting to join in and hang out, assuming it’ll be a while at this pace, but hoping to enjoy trying!
I didn't know that Cheesecake Factory had a Skinnylicious menu. Good to know! All I ever hear is how unhealthy the menu is there (unhealthy yet delicious!).