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Re: WTO Friday 7.19
Good morning, ladies! Happy Friday!
Month/Cycle: 12/11/1st cycle AL#2
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU: Prenatal vitamins, Fertility Friend, temping, OPKs, observing CM, progesterone post-O
R/R: Back to the RE for a blood draw this AM. Starting to feel like I live there. DH is insisting on driving me, which is kind of adorable. I think he feels really bad that my testing has involved so much blood work, uncomfortable ultrasounds, etc.
CS/Q: Nah.
Month/Cycle: 2nd
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: sex EOD, OPKs, vitamins, exercise
R/R: I'm excited for this weekend. Since I worked late on our anniversary, DH said we could go to one of my favorite hibachi restaurants this weekend!
CS/Q: nope
@Kathryn0903 happy anniversary! Enjoy your hibachi! Yum!
Month/Cycle: 7/5/3 AL
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, CM, FF, PNV, folic acid, HIO EOD
R/R: I got so much work done yesterday with MH at work... I feel so accomplished! I took a bubble bath last night to relax (my new WAYDTGKU) pre-O! It was so nice! But now I need more bath bombs, I’m out! Looks like I need to go shopping!
CS/Q: nope... just waiting for my next EWCM. That will tell me it’s go time!
Month/Cycle: 12/4 AL
CD: 2
WAYDTGKU: PNV, FF, BBT, OPKs, Pre-Seed, Softcups, SMEP/EOD, calling OB for RE referral
R/R: Doing better than yesterday, which isn't necessarily saying much, but it's a start. Need to focus on trying to stay as positive as possible. I asked MH if he'd be willing to have some testing done, and he was very willing, thankfully. I think he's finally coming out of the "making babies is easy" mindset.
CS/Q: Nah
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
@Kathryn0903 Happy Anniversary
@ejoseph16 That sounds so nice! I wish I had a tub big enough to take baths in. Mine is just a standard sized tub and I am too tall to take baths in it without half of me sticking out of the water.
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
@emeraldduchess that’s so sweet that your H wants to drive you!
@Kathryn0903 yum! enjoy the hibachi!
@ejoseph16 I’m jealous of your productive day/relaxing night! Although (possible UO?) I’m not a big bath person!
@shamrocandroll I’m glad you are feeling better even if it’s only marginal. That’s great that your H is open to testing now. I have an RE referral because I’m old but my H wasn’t ready yet. I am fine with that for now but hopefully he comes around like yours did! He will do it if I ask him to but I’d rather him be on board
Month/Cycle: 8/9
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: BBT, sex EOD, tracking CM
R/R: Happy Friday! It sounds like a lot of us are going to have a heat wave this weekend, stay safe! We have plans tonight for a “bar climb” (there’s a cider house, brewery, and distillery near each other so like a bar crawl but more vertical) and I’m concerned about the heat but hopefully by this evening it will be bearable. Or we may be driving instead of walking!
CS/Q: Not much to see but realized I had the wrong CD1 yesterday
@Kathryn0903 mmm hibachi! Enjoy!
@ejoseph16 are bath bombs really that great? I've never used one. My brother bought me one years ago and it's still sitting in the bathroom closet because our tub leaks and we've never spent the time to fix it. *Sigh*
@shamrocandroll I have found that listening to more upbeat music really boosts my mood. Might take a while to find the right song to get me there, but it's such a benefit to keep me from feeling stuck in a rut 🙂
@bows22 good luck during your bar climb. Hopefully the heat doesn't exaggerate the effects of alcohol!
Month/Cycle: 25/22
CD: 29 (might be changing this later since AF should be arriving today)
WAYDTGKU: FET in September
R/R: today I decided I need to create a playlist of really upbeat songs to psych me up for the next 2 months with this FET. Gotta be in a happy mood! No more of this woe is me! DH's birthday is at the end of the month and I don't want to be a grump.
CS/Q: nope
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
@inthewoods23 I love bath bombs, just because I like the aromatherapy of them. They help me relax. I actually turn on spa music, have my aromatherapy bath bomb, and read a book. MH thinks I’m nuts, but like I said to @bows22 it’s my only quiet time outside of running. I’m glad you’re finding your happy place! Music always helps me set my mood!
@inthewoods23 I love that idea. I am overdue for a new playlist!
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
CD: 22
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPKs, CM, Clomid, Metformin, etc.
R/R: Temp rise this morning, but I’m going to hang out here until I get CHs. Pretty sure O was yesterday morning based on obvious change in CM in the afternoon and just a general feeling that it had happened, so I’m trying not to feel bad that we were too tired to BD last night. Timing’s still really good, so I’m staying on the positivity train.
CS/Q: nope
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
@Kathryn0903 Hope your hibachi date is awesome.
@ejoseph16 Way to be productive. That’s super impressive.
@shamrocandroll Glad you are feeling a bit better. It’s good that your H is coming around and willing to consider testing. I hope you don’t need it, though. Really want all of us to go to April BMB together.
@bows22 Stay cool, but enjoy your bar climb.
@inthewoods23 Hope you are able to put a good get psyched mix together. I should work on a new playlist. Don’t think I’ve done one since my wedding.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
@ejoseph16 it does sound really relaxing how you describe it! I just feel like it would be cold? Do you just keep adding hot water?
@shamrocandroll ugh I know, it does sound exhausting right? I’ve only been to 1 of the places so I can’t picture how far away they are from each other but I think they are just calling it a “climb” for the novelty of it. If I’m wrong we will drive to each. I don’t usually have more than 1 drink these days so I don’t mind being the DD.
@mercury94 I’m glad you got in good timing! You got some morning HIO in right? I want to try that this cycle too. Just feel like we need to do something different.
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
@mercury94 glad you're still on the positivity train! Hope O is confirmed soon.
@inthewoods23 have fun making your playlist! I love how easy it is to do things like that now. Much faster than the mixtapes I used to make in high school. Mine were pretty angsty back then, lots of Tori Amos. I love that your clinic really gets to know the couples. I feel like next time I go in I should bring them cookies or something.
@bows22 that bar climb sounds fun! Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! We expect a full review tomorrow, btw.
@shamrocandroll I'm so glad your DH is on board with testing. I know this has been a very eye-opening experience for mine. He hates that I'm the one getting all the blood draws and invasive scans (I think he's still shook from watching my hycosy), so even though he dragged his feet on his SA, he's now 100% up for almost anything we need to do. I'm glad you're starting to feel better. Still sending all the hugs. (After your post yesterday I am craving Cheez-it Grooves and it's entirely your fault. )
@ejoseph16 I definitely feel like a pincushion but I keep telling myself this is nothing compared to what others go through. Have fun picking out some new bath bombs! And I think in your new house you should get a jacuzzi bathtub with the jets and everything. If I every get to remodel our bathroom, that's at the top of my wish list!
@emeraldduchess - that's very sweet re: DH!
@Kathryn0903 - have fun at hibachi!
@shamrocandroll - glad you are feeling a bit better and that you H is so positive about testing!
@bows22 - have fun tonight! Our heat wave is kicking in tomorrow mostly so hopefully yours won't be too bad yet tonight either!
@inthewoods23 - I would recommend lots of Lizzo for upbeat music if you don't have her already!
Month/Cycle: 11/11
CD: 21
WAYDTGKU: OPK, CM, prenatals, shatavari, evening primrose oil, preseed, Ovia app, acupuncture
R/R: Still no OPK surge but EWCM showed up yesterday and this morning so that's something. I am kicking myself tho....we of course should have HIO last night but I had a bad headache and just needed to go to sleep -- sooo dumb, when SO can't manage it I'm always like "seriously?? It's 20mins of your life." I figured it was okay b/c I had a couple of days of EWCM last month before O but just seems dumb now to not get as much timing in as possible. Now we have a houseguest tonight and possibly tomorrow. At this point I just want the surge to happen so would be good to get it today but tomorrow would be better!
CS/Q: nope
@emeraldduchess it will totally be worth it when you have a LO in your arms! I can hear MH’s eyes rolling if he could see that jacuzzi comment. Hahaha! He would never see me, ever again!
@whitealbum29 house guests? Ninja style HIO like @kagesstarshroom did! Lol.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20