@mercury94 ugh... I avoid FB as much as possible for this reason! I know it's horrible but I can't help to always feel like "well, when will it be my turn?!"
Our TTC Journey
TTC #1: May 2011 BFP: 10/27/2011 | EDD: 6/30/12 DS born 6/28/12 via C/S
TTC #2: September 2018 Me: 36 | DH: 39 Mirena removed 9/13/2018 after 6 years BFP 11/11/2018 | MC @ 5.5 weeks on Thanksgiving July 2019 - Diagnosed with Secondary Unexplained IF August 2019 - 2.5 mg of Letrozole = Never Ovulated so Trigger and IUI were cancelled 9/30/2019 - IUI #1 (5 mg of Letrozole + Trigger) = BFP but Betas showed CP @ 4 weeks 10/28/2019 - IUI #2 (7.5mg of Letrozole + Trigger) = BFN 11/25/2019 - IUI #3 (7.5mg of Letrozole, Trigger + Crinone after IUI) = BFN 12/24/2019 - IUI #4 (7.5mg of Letrozole + Crinone after IUI) = BFN 1/24/2020 - IUI #5 (50mg of Clomid + Trigger + Crinone after IUI) = BFN and an Ovarian Cyst 3/2/2020 - Taking a break to reset/NTNP 11/1/2020 - At peace with where things are in life and are no long actively TTC. Whatever happens will happen and it will all be okay.
@mercury94 I hate those announcements too. Like I get it some people want close spacing and I honestly didn’t want 2 under 2 but it still stings. Also TW LC
I didn’t get AF back until DS was almost 2 so even though we were “trying” for 2 yr spacing it wasn’t even possible. I say trying bc without AF tracking wasn’t really possible. Now if I’m KU this cycle DS will already be 3 by time new baby is here so the close age announcements kind of sting
Me: 33 | DH: 34 Married: October, 19, 2015 EDD 2/22/17 DS1 born on 3/2/17 EDD 3/8/20 DS2 born on 3/10/20 EDD 11/24/23 (Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Ugh, I'm so sorry @mercury94 I see the same stuff. I also avoid FB as much as possible now, I feel like every time I go on it's another one. If I ever get there, I don't think I'll announce it publicly. All I can think of is that I do not want to make someone else feel like I do every time I see one.
me: 35 / so: 34 | ttc #1 since 9/2018
DX: MFI IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19 FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2 FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
@mercury94 booo fb. thank god for UNFOLLOW options.
My BF is that MH says the ppl who are supposed to install our new internet may not come bc it was raining earlier and has been raining on and off. WAHH! also, i went to the library earlier to use their internet to reapply to a job bc someone i know said to do that so that they could call and recommend me right after i turned the app in (i applied originally a month ago) but b i applied a month ago i can’t reapply. WAHH again. Internet installation is supposed to be here btw 3-5... just now 3, church bells are ringing... FX....
@mercury94 I totally feel you on that. I have unfollowed a few people for that reason. We just need to take care of ourselves right now! No stressful distractions from social media! @kagesstarshroom Dang! I hate when so many obstacles stand in the way of having a smoothly running day!
My bitch for the afternoon: My hubby is having to work overtime this evening, and I hate our weekday routine being disrupted. *grumbles* They have let him leave and called him back twice so far, so this may be a late night. Ugh.
Me: 38 DH:38. Dating Anniversary: 1999. Marriage Anniversary: 2001. TTC #1 since 3/2019
1. MH texted me that he got a job rejection email for a position he was seriously in the running for. 2. My work is a crazy roller coaster right now, and I got asked to get time for people with An Important Person. I did it, but they said they weren't ready like it was my fault that I got it too soon. SMDH. 3. My quads hurt post-long run this weekend, I'll need to foam roll and that's gonna be less than fun. 4. I'm on CD2 and I just feel beaten down. Like what's the point of even trying on Cycle 10. I know I'll rally, but for now it just feels like I'm marking time until I hit the 12 cycle mark and go for a consult.
me: 35 / so: 34 | ttc #1 since 9/2018
DX: MFI IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19 FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2 FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
@flowntheloop oh that sucks. I hate the late nights, even if they don't happen terribly often.
me: 35 / so: 34 | ttc #1 since 9/2018
DX: MFI IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19 FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2 FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
@mvt2003 the mondayest of Monday’s. Hope tomorrow goes better.
@flowntheloop ugh the uncertainty is the worst part I feel. Either let you plan for him to be working late, but don’t keep changing their mind.
My bitchfest is yesterday I went to a $25 cake pop and beer tasting. The four cake pops were good, but the beer tasting was four 3 oz pours each. I could have just ordered some pints and cake pops for the price, should have at least given a free pint at the end. MH and I both did it so $50 just seemed very wrongly price. They do the same things with Girl Scout cookies apparently and give you 4 cookies. A box of Girl Scout cookies are $4 a box! I could get 4 boxes and a beer for what they charge.
DX: MFI IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19 FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2 FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
My BF is that I live in actual hell. This has to be hell, right? Why is it so hot. I can’t even step out of the shade without instantly sweating on every surface of my body.
@mercury94 the FB announcements have definitely been hitting me pretty hard lately too. I'm fairly certain I don't know a single person my age who is struggling with IF. In fact I have the opposite, some of my family are nearly unicorns! Ugh.
*TW* History:
Me: 34 DH: 36 | Together since 2007 | Married July 2016
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
I have this one coworker who is just... Idk if it's laziness, not giving a shit, or they're just incompetent... But like, when you've been at a company for so long you have an understanding of the part numbers like how they're formatted, length, which characters should be numbers or letters. This coworker just sent our group asking what the part numbers should be because she entered what the customer provided and the system told her it was invalid. All that was missing was a freaking 0 in the middle of the part number. Like how the F do you not know that?? There are 4 specific digits that note a rating for our products and they only had 3. How hard is that to know after like... Day 7 of your job? And she's been with us for over a year!
Ugh.
*TW* History:
Me: 34 DH: 36 | Together since 2007 | Married July 2016
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
@inthewoods boo dumb lad who should know more than she knows & not waste y'all's time!
@tyrion_ You must be getting the weather than just left us, where ever non-air-conditioned space felt like stepping into a furnace--literally. My weather app was like "94, feels like.. 108" and it was not kidding. Anyway. It's been low-80s/high-70s all day & I'm trying to appreciate it while it lasts haha.
IN OPPOSITE OF BITCHFEST NEWS, my new internet...has arrived. 🎉🎉🎉
A tmi bitchfest but this AF is so f*cking heavy that I was that girl at the pool earlier today with orange water streaming out of my white swimsuit. Cool body, COOL
eta it pisses me off that I’ve had my period for like 19 years and shit like this still happens. How have I not learned by now 😂
@tyrion_ that’s where I am on vacation right now and I feel the same way. That’s why I keep getting fried- I start sweating from every pore the moment I walk outside. Idk how you live like this?!! Kentucky is humid but this is a whole other level!
Eta my sunburn is the perfect accessory to my romper 😂 BF part 2. The sun is masking the true hue
Don't want to share details but GD this day at work put me in a really effing bad mood. I was really not feeling like posting anything today and then opened the app and saw this amazing thread. Thank you for this thread!!!!!!
@tyrion_ Was going to ask if you were near me. South Texas is also literal hell. It’s a little cooler right now, but only because of gross clouds and rain.
@b_1029 I refused to swim on the first few days of AF because it's SO heavy. Until I discovered the Diva Cup.It handles 12 hours at a time - no leaks - on my worst day. It's like MAGIC.
I am dealing with the migraine from hell. It's so bad I am sick to my stomach. Dying. I must be. On top of that we are leaving for a vacation Thursday, and just got back from a work conference yesterday, so I am trying to pull out all the stops so I am ready to not pay attention to work, and feel like hell.
Re: Monday Bitchfest 6/24
*TW*
Seriously? Plus, the first one was a total oopsie baby. Like, they broke up and then suddenly she was KU and they were moving back in together.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
BFP: 10/27/2011 | EDD: 6/30/12
DS born 6/28/12 via C/S
TTC #2: September 2018
Me: 36 | DH: 39
Mirena removed 9/13/2018 after 6 years
BFP 11/11/2018 | MC @ 5.5 weeks on Thanksgiving
July 2019 - Diagnosed with Secondary Unexplained IF
August 2019 - 2.5 mg of Letrozole = Never Ovulated so Trigger and IUI were cancelled
9/30/2019 - IUI #1 (5 mg of Letrozole + Trigger) = BFP but Betas showed CP @ 4 weeks
10/28/2019 - IUI #2 (7.5mg of Letrozole + Trigger) = BFN
11/25/2019 - IUI #3 (7.5mg of Letrozole, Trigger + Crinone after IUI) = BFN
12/24/2019 - IUI #4 (7.5mg of Letrozole + Crinone after IUI) = BFN
1/24/2020 - IUI #5 (50mg of Clomid + Trigger + Crinone after IUI) = BFN and an Ovarian Cyst
3/2/2020 - Taking a break to reset/NTNP
11/1/2020 - At peace with where things are in life and are no long actively TTC. Whatever happens will happen and it will all be okay.
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17 DS1 born on 3/2/17
EDD 3/8/20 DS2 born on 3/10/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP
FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19
FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2
FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
June Signature Challenge - Favorite TV Quotes
My BF is that MH says the ppl who are supposed to install our new internet may not come bc it was raining earlier and has been raining on and off. WAHH! also, i went to the library earlier to use their internet to reapply to a job bc someone i know said to do that so that they could call and recommend me right after i turned the app in (i applied originally a month ago) but b i applied a month ago i can’t reapply. WAHH again. Internet installation is supposed to be here btw 3-5... just now 3, church bells are ringing... FX....
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
@kagesstarshroom Dang! I hate when so many obstacles stand in the way of having a smoothly running day!
My bitch for the afternoon:
My hubby is having to work overtime this evening, and I hate our weekday routine being disrupted. *grumbles* They have let him leave and called him back twice so far, so this may be a late night. Ugh.
Dating Anniversary: 1999. Marriage Anniversary: 2001.
TTC #1 since 3/2019
1. MH texted me that he got a job rejection email for a position he was seriously in the running for.
2. My work is a crazy roller coaster right now, and I got asked to get time for people with An Important Person. I did it, but they said they weren't ready like it was my fault that I got it too soon. SMDH.
3. My quads hurt post-long run this weekend, I'll need to foam roll and that's gonna be less than fun.
4. I'm on CD2 and I just feel beaten down. Like what's the point of even trying on Cycle 10. I know I'll rally, but for now it just feels like I'm marking time until I hit the 12 cycle mark and go for a consult.
IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP
FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19
FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2
FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
June Signature Challenge - Favorite TV Quotes
IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP
FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19
FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2
FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
June Signature Challenge - Favorite TV Quotes
@flowntheloop ugh the uncertainty is the worst part I feel. Either let you plan for him to be working late, but don’t keep changing their mind.
My bitchfest is yesterday I went to a $25 cake pop and beer tasting. The four cake pops were good, but the beer tasting was four 3 oz pours each. I could have just ordered some pints and cake pops for the price, should have at least given a free pint at the end. MH and I both did it so $50 just seemed very wrongly price. They do the same things with Girl Scout cookies apparently and give you 4 cookies. A box of Girl Scout cookies are $4 a box! I could get 4 boxes and a beer for what they charge.
IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP
FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19
FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2
FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273
June Signature Challenge - Favorite TV Quotes
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
I have this one coworker who is just... Idk if it's laziness, not giving a shit, or they're just incompetent... But like, when you've been at a company for so long you have an understanding of the part numbers like how they're formatted, length, which characters should be numbers or letters. This coworker just sent our group asking what the part numbers should be because she entered what the customer provided and the system told her it was invalid. All that was missing was a freaking 0 in the middle of the part number. Like how the F do you not know that?? There are 4 specific digits that note a rating for our products and they only had 3. How hard is that to know after like... Day 7 of your job? And she's been with us for over a year!
Ugh.
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
@tyrion_ You must be getting the weather than just left us, where ever non-air-conditioned space felt like stepping into a furnace--literally. My weather app was like "94, feels like.. 108" and it was not kidding. Anyway. It's been low-80s/high-70s all day & I'm trying to appreciate it while it lasts haha.
IN OPPOSITE OF BITCHFEST NEWS, my new internet...has arrived. 🎉🎉🎉
eta it pisses me off that I’ve had my period for like 19 years and shit like this still happens. How have I not learned by now 😂
@kagesstarshroom I’m in Florida, it’s always like this. Day, night, rain, shine. Summers here are miserable. There is no reprieve.
Eta my sunburn is the perfect accessory to my romper 😂 BF part 2. The sun is masking the true hue
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
I am dealing with the migraine from hell. It's so bad I am sick to my stomach. Dying. I must be.
On top of that we are leaving for a vacation Thursday, and just got back from a work conference yesterday, so I am trying to pull out all the stops so I am ready to not pay attention to work, and feel like hell.