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GTKY: If you were at an amusement park, where would we find you? (specific kind of ride, concessions, water park, etc.)
Re: WTO Fri-YAY 7.23
Month/Cycle: 25/4 AL
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: Clomid & TI, PNV, OPKs
R/R: I got a lot of cleaning and laundry done yesterday. Only a bit more to do today and then packing is on my to do list. My best friend has practically been adopted by my family and gets invited on our family vacation every year so she and her BF are driving up from Pittsburgh tonight and staying here! I will likely be absent from TB next week though I may lurk and love tit.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you were at an amusement park, where would we find you? (specific kind of ride, concessions, water park, etc.)
Ooooh all the roller coasters!!
Month/Cycle: 2AL
Let's pretend I'm my old early 20 something self, with smaller boobs....definitely roller coasters! But now that I'm old, I black out on them so I can really only go on the super new, smooth, low-G ones. And definitely have to wear a sports bra or at least hold the girls on the wooden coasters 😂
I hate water parks with a passion so you'll never find me there.
@pajamstagrams oh yeah, definitely gotta support the girls! I'm also flabbergasted at the women who don't wear their hair up on rides. How much of a knotted mess does it get?? I've heard too many horror stories of hair getting ripped out or scalped 😬
Month/Cycle: 9 AL
GTKY: If you were at an amusement park, where would we find you? (specific kind of ride, concessions, water park, etc.)
Roller coasters, duh! I love the big thrills!
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
(Damn this got a little deep too, did some internal reflection 🤔)
Basically it boils down to having miserable experiences at water parks when I was in Jr high and high school (Seriously, whyyyy was every band trip to a water park?) I've injured myself twice, and I burn super easily, plus have super sensitive feet, so walking around on hot concrete/standing on hot wood for rides is torture. Of course I would wear water shoes & long sleeved SPF 50+ shirts now because IDGAF, but in junior high?? (The horror! The shame!)
I like pools and beaches though, and I treat those as half day or less activities. And I don't need to worry about my bottoms flying off on a slide 😂
I will say that I have very fond memories of water parks when I was in elementary school, but they weren't located in the South. And then I think I just outgrew them, and like every self conscious teenage girl, hated being in a swim suit in front of her peers because I wasn't "skinny" 🤷♀️
I saw a lot of girls in crop tops at Six Flags when we went. Maybe even a few in tube tops. And quite a few in sandals. I had on Skecher's walking shoes that have some kind of memory foam sole - perfect for all the walking and standing. My feet were still aching at the end of the day. I can't imagine in a sandal with little support. I certainly think as you get older you go for comfort over style.
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
Month/Cycle: 3/3
GTKY: If you were at an amusement park, where would we find you? (specific kind of ride, concessions, water park, etc.)
I worked as a lifeguard at a water park for 3 summers in my youth, so I always end up at the water park evaluating the lifeguards. I have a LOT of stories from that time. Other than that, I enjoy the rides that slowly move you around the park for the people watching.