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Month/Cycle:
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
CS/Q:
Re: WTO Tuesday 7/14
Month/Cycle: 8/8
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: temping, tracking CM, OPKs, PNV, baby aspirin, progesterone after O
R/R: It’s a big testing day in our household today! DH is doing his SA this morning, and I’m going in this afternoon for my hysteroscopy. I’m a little anxious about it, but I’m sure it’ll be fine once it’s actually happening. Luckily I have a busy morning at work to keep my mind off of worrying!
CS/Q:
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: HIU, CM/CP
CS/Q: Bought a Basal thermometer. Would people recommend I start temping tomorrow, Day 7, to get the hang of it?
**TW Living Child**
BFP 2/2014 - DS - 10/2014
@DoubleUp8 tomorrow is a good time to start the BBT. I wouldn't start up too late because I think it can potentially make FF's O date off or not certain if you've only got like 3 temps before the shift from O. Although what probably matters most is not skipping/missing days once you start. GL!
Month/Cycle: 37
CD: 18
WAYDTGKU: dancing under the blankets with conceive+ and menstrual cup, temping, OPKs, GF and DF diet (when I'm not eating cake 😬)
R/R: I keep forgetting that I'm off Thursday and Friday this week so today is my "Wednesday". We're not doing anything special besides a day trip on Thursday. No plans for our Friday except maybe cleaning up the house? And DH got his winter tires off yesterday finally! Oh goodness. But at least he'll be good having these on for about 5 months or so before it gets cold again for winter.
CS/Q: hurray for having OPKs again 🙌 check out my surge in the span of 6.5 hours yesterday. So glad I tested last night. O day is likely today!
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 ended due to filing divorce
**New relationship starting May 2024**
Surprise BFP!! | 9.7.25 | EDD 5.11.26
@inthewoods23 Enjoy your time off!
**TW Living Child**
BFP 2/2014 - DS - 10/2014
@runningoncookies good luck with your hysteroscopy! Treat yourself to something good after! I was sedated for mine (they were removing something) but I felt fine after so it must not have been too bad. Hopefully yours is also!
@doubleup8 yeah I would say tomorrow is totally fine to start!
@inthewoods23 glad your OPKs arrived just in time! yay for O day!
Month/Cycle: 20/22 including 2 benched.
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: OPKs, Tracking CM
R/R: I have 2 big audits that I should wrap up between today & tomorrow. It’s going to be intense but will be a huge weight lifted when I’m done. I still will have a ton of work to do but maybe I won’t constantly feel behind! And then I’ll actually be able to go to bed before midnight so we can start actually having sex haha. My CM is starting to change so it’s almost go time!
CS/Q:
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 ended due to filing divorce
**New relationship starting May 2024**
Surprise BFP!! | 9.7.25 | EDD 5.11.26
@DoubleUp8 agreeing with everyone else. Tomorrow is a good time to start temping.
@inthewoods23 enjoy your days off! No plans can be nice! Glad your OPKs arrived just in time!
@bows22 good luck finishing up the audits! You've got this!
Month/Cycle: 13/8
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: benched until August
R/R: Not much going on today. I'm finishing up laundry and have chicken fajitas in the crock pot for tonight. DH open the inside of the oven this weekend to see what the igniter looked like so we'd know what to get. On a whim, he decided to try lighting the oven again and it works perfectly. No idea why it didn't work the other day but we've used it 3 or 4 times since and there's been no issue. So that's some good news at least!
CS/Q:
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 ended due to filing divorce
**New relationship starting May 2024**
Surprise BFP!! | 9.7.25 | EDD 5.11.26
@DoubleUp8 is start as soon as you can, even if it doesn’t give you reliable data this cycle, it will help create a habit. :-)
@inthewoods23 Yayy for OPKs! Glad you caught your surge!
@bows22 hopefully you can get your work done so you get HIO!
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: scheduled HIO, PNVs, OPKs, CM, CP, charting, temping
R/R: Finished our master bath yesterday! Still need to paint the ceiling, the vanity, and get new floors but even just the wall color change made such a HUGE difference! Hoping to start in the half bath vanity today! Want to practice on a smaller vanity before I do our master bath one. Before and after in the spoilers.
CS/Q: my temp dropped today, which usually means O is within the next few days, which is easily 3 days earlier than I’d expect. I haven’t even stopped spotting from my period yet! Hoping it was just poor temping on my part, but I guess I’ll be peeing on all the OPKs the next few days.
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
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 ended due to filing divorce
**New relationship starting May 2024**
Surprise BFP!! | 9.7.25 | EDD 5.11.26
@runningoncookies FX for you with your testing today! and for YH!
@inthewoods23 yay for OPKs! i was lurking to see if they arrived on time yesterday for you. catch ya over in TWW
@chindimples04 the paint really spruced up the room! nice work!
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 ended due to filing divorce
**New relationship starting May 2024**
Surprise BFP!! | 9.7.25 | EDD 5.11.26
@DoubleUp8 I would start temping as soon as you get it. It's not too late IMO (I think you need 5 temps before O so that should be perfect). I had to dig mine out and thought I was going to O later last cycle so only had about 5 before FF gave me crosshairs. I wish I'd started earlier.
@inthewoods23 would today be your Thursday then? Either way, sounds like it'll be a lot of fun AND productive. Yay for the OPKs! That's great
@bows22 that's perfect timing for your work to calm down.
@gingermama29 so close to being unbenched!!! And that's a relief about the stove. I love when I have things in the crockpot in the morning and dinner is simple.
@chindimples04 I have longer FPs and my temps are super rocky until the 4-5 days before O, then they get more consistent so it might just be a random fluke this morning with a lower temp. It'll be interesting to see if it's back up tomorrow but definitely good to be using the OPKs so you don't miss anything.
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 2
WAYDTGKU: Debating EOD or every day for HIO (maybe every 36hours if we can make that work lol), PNVs + a few other vitamins, BBT, will be doing OPKs this time and debating Proov but having a hard time pulling the trigger since I know last cycle was just my hormones regulating so even though it was wonky, I have long LPs so progesterone in general isn't an issue.
R/R: We had a pineapple with our tacos last night. I have this tool that makes cutting them super easy AND it leaves the center perfectly intact so I cut it up and put it in the freezer and was telling DH about "using it" (fatal flaw in wording) after ovulation. I remember when I was on here a couple years ago someone else had the same thought as DH when it was mentioned but when I clarified that I'd put it in smoothies he was like "oh I was really worried where it was going to go considering where you put your thermometer" (I temp vaginally)
CS/Q: Nothing to see yet.
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 ended due to filing divorce
**New relationship starting May 2024**
Surprise BFP!! | 9.7.25 | EDD 5.11.26
@DoubleUp8 agreeing with everyone to start temping tomorrow! It never hurts to start early.
@bows22 I already have some cookie dough ice cream in the freezer that is calling my name lol! I’m glad that your nearly done with the big audits you have!
@gingermama29 yummm for fajitas. My parents oven has done that a couple of times (usually on a holiday lol)...I’m glad that it’s working again and hope fully it stays that way!
@chindimples04 the paint change looks great!
@kvh22 lol to YHs thought process of where that pineapple would go 😂
@chindimples04 the bathroom refresh looks great!
@kvh22 I’m a big fan of every 36 hours but we can’t seem to make it work out. That’s actually my goal for this cycle too. Best of luck to both of us haha
@runningoncookies Im so glad the procedure went well! Enjoy that ice cream!