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What number are you trying for?
Month/Cycle?
WTO/TWW?
Ages of other child(ren)?
Any thoughts about this cycle?
Any questions?
Rant/Rave?
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)?
Re: TFAS w/o Mar 20
Month/Cycle? 6/5
WTO/TWW? WTO
Ages of other child(ren)? 3
Any thoughts about this cycle? Come what may I guess LOL
Any questions? Why do all the waits feel like centuries?
Rant/Rave? NO DAYCARE PLAGUE FROM LAST WEEK! Thank god.
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? Grey's Anatomy. I've watched it through part of season 12 but I keep stuttering out there. Gonna try and push through.
PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
Month/Cycle? 4/4
WTO/TWW? WTO
Ages of other child(ren)? 4 and 5
Any thoughts about this cycle? Just hoping I actually get EWCM this cycle and that we get good timing
Any questions? Nope
Rant/Rave? My son is now getting up even earlier now. The last two nights he has gotten up at 3am and 2:30am and he doesn’t fall back asleep. Everyone in the house is exhausted.
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)?
Dance Moms. I don’t enjoy all the drama, but I do like to watch the dances.
Month/Cycle? 3/3 TTA now NTNP
WTO/TWW? WTO
Ages of other child(ren)? 2.5&5
Any thoughts about this cycle? Endocrinologist appt next week before I give myself the whole-hearted green light to TTC.
Any questions?
Rant/Rave? We are driving back east to go home and weather is beautiful but I have been bakinggggg in the sun this whole time. I’m melting. 5 hours to go.
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? Whatever MH is bingeing on in the evenings — usually Seinfeld, Frasier or Parks & Rec.
*siggy warning*
mmc . mar 2016
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016
BFP . jan 2017
DD . oct 2017
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
mmc x2 . sep 2018 & may 2019
RE workup, dx MTHFR mutation, ultimately unexplained . summer 2019
surprise BFP . aug 2019
DS . may 2020
dx Hashimoto's 2023
ttc #3 . feb 2023
mmc . apr 2023
mmc x3 . mar/jul/aug 2024
dx elevated nk cells
tx ovasitol, levothyroxine, baby aspirin, LP progesterone, lovenox, prednisone, femara + ti . jan 2025
BFP . mar 2025
@virginiaham ugh send me some of that warmth. We had some beautiful days here than an awful cold snap!
PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
@virginiaham man, driving with sun beating on you! I’d be sleeping!
Month/Cycle? 13/10AL
WTO/TWW? WTO
Ages of other child(ren)? 3 on Wednesday!
Any thoughts about this cycle? Hoping to actually get back to full blown trying. Which means I’ll get my hopes up just to be let down.
Any questions? Does everyone else struggle finding the time/energy to DTD? I feel like DH and I are just done by the end of the night.
Rant/Rave? DS’s birthday party was yesterday! He’s our quarantine baby, born right before the whole world shut down in March of 2020. It’s hard to believe that was 3 years ago already. But, family parties bring on family drama… and I ended the day crying in frustration. I just don’t understand my brother and sister in law and it makes me so mad for DS.
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? I am currently obsessed with true crime documentaries. I just finished the Murdaugh Murders on Netflix! But, Love is Blind releases Friday. Then I break out my gold wine glass and I’m a goner until it’s over 😂
PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
@stashattack I am a love is blind junkie! Covid made me this way! Lol! My friends and I all got the gold wine glasses on Etsy, and we drink from them and binge watch together!
Month/Cycle? 5/4 i think? i have already lost track.
WTO/TWW? TWW
Ages of other child(ren)? 2 and 4 (they're exactly 2 years apart, minus 3 days)
Any thoughts about this cycle? Getting pretty discouraged, though I know it's still early. Today should be avout 11DPO and I've been testing for 3 days and still nothing. Got what I can only assume are indent lines on FRER tests two days back to back but nothing else. (Side note: WHY do I keep buying these tests?!) Also did a Proov test kit this cycle and am super confused about the results, so if anyone has used this I'd love to chat!
Any questions? Has anyone had high FSH levels? Mine read SUPER high (like, in the 40s) using the Proov test and I am really confused and concerned.
Rant/Rave? Feeling super frustrated in general, also absolutely exhausted and still cannot get it together after the time change. Ugh.
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? Party Down and wre-watching the first two seasons of Ted Lasso before starting season three!!
@britters314 and @ejoseph16 -- i am in the SAME boat. we've had the best luck timing it for right after the kids go down to bed.. so around 8pm. otherwise we're both way too exhausted. and both kids end up in the bed with us at some point overnight so later at night and early morning are definitely out.
Month/Cycle? 3/2
WTO/TWW? WTO
Ages of other child(ren)? 4, 1
Any thoughts about this cycle? Still hopeful, but we’ll see. Still in the early stages
Any questions? Nope
Rant/Rave? Big project due Friday that I really don’t want to do, so obviously I’m procrastinating!
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? Finally finished last season of GBBO. I don’t watch much TV - never seem to find the time!
Month/Cycle? 9 months, 6 cycles
WTO/TWW? Benched pending d and c
Ages of other child(ren)? 6,2
Any thoughts about this cycle? Definitely not. We are waiting for a d and c on Friday, then one natural cycle before medication
Any questions?
Rant/Rave? This has been the absolute worst month of my life. But! I’m almost done working. The plan is for me to become a SAHM for a few years. We have to move to Boston area for my husbands career and the daycare math doesn’t add up.
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? Mayfair witches! So so good (Tw demon pregnancy though, if you read the books ikyk)
Month/Cycle? 1
WTO/TWW? TWW
Ages of other child(ren)? 3
Any thoughts about this cycle? I mean it would be super cool but I’m not holding any hopes for it. Happy to see my body is working and will go from there.
Any questions?
Rant/Rave?
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)?
Big Bang Theory is my go to for a binge watch.
Month/Cycle? 4/5
WTO/TWW? WTO (CD8)
Ages of other child(ren)? 2.5
Any thoughts about this cycle? Not even 5 cycles in, and I'm already over it. I was so sure that cycle #4 was the one, but nope. My body faked me out *hard*. Here I go again with another round of taking urine samples and doing OPKs almost every. Single. Day. @ejoseph16 is right - TTC #1 vs. TTC #2 with a LO in the mix is night and day. I have enough test sticks for my fancy urine hormone analyzer for one more cycle, but I'm considering quitting the hormone tests after that and using just OPKs, like I did TTC my daughter. #oldandtired
Any questions? Can I sleep now?
Rant/Rave? Last cycle, I did a Let's Get Checked AMH blood test and got 0.37. This cycle, I did a Modern Fertility blood test and got 1.12. Will my real AMH level please stand up?
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? Just started watching "History's Greatest Mysteries" on the History Channel - one of their more practical, less alien-tastic shows. It's not half bad.
@charmedlifex3 Hugs. Just hugs. I am so, so sorry. Please take good care of yourself.
@birdmama87 I have learned the hard way that urine tests - from any brand, not just Proov - are not as accurate as blood tests for measuring FSH. I've tested mine for 4 cycles straight and gotten results anywhere from 10.2 to 18.3! This month, I bit the bullet for a blood test and am so glad I did - I got an 11.78 and trust the results a lot more. It was totally worth the extra money. I'm fine with using urine tests for LH and progesterone, but only blood tests give precise enough AMH and FSH results, at least until the technology behind urine tests improves. (I do love the Proov progesterone tests I've used; they've confirmed my ovulations for 4 cycles straight. If you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to try and answer them.)
Month/Cycle? 14/ Natural Cycle 4
WTO/TWW? WTO
Ages of other child(ren)? 10, 8 and 5
Any thoughts about this cycle? Periods are garbage
Any questions? Nope
Rant/Rave? Not really the weather needs to stable out. This hot cold snowing raining, freezing, windy nonsense is enough
GTKY: What are you currently binge watching (or what have you most recently binge watched)? I don't have time to watch TV 😭. I binged Wednesday and that was good. I literally never watch TV.
April 2009 - 8+ week MC
January 2012 - BFP - DS Born 10/21/2012
May 2013 - BFP - Twins MMC @ 13 weeks D&C
Oct 2013 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Dec 2013 - BFP DD Born 8/16/14 - Cholestasis at 36+5
Nov 2016 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Dec 2016 - BFP DD Born 6/19/17 @ 28+4 Severe Pre-E, IUGR, Cholestasis
Nov 2017 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Jan 2017 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Jan 2019 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
DH Vasectomy Aug 2019
Feb 2022 - TTC #4 with IVF - RPL testing
Protein C and S Deficiency - Blood Thinners for Treatment - Maybe we don't know!
June 2022 - IVF - 2 embryos - 1 transferred 6/22/22 - Transfer Failed
July 2022 - FET - cancelled
Dec 2022 - Vasectomy reversal
June 2023 - DH diagnosed with Brain Tumor - TTC put on indefinite hold
January 2025 - Surprise BFP! Due 9/13/2025 - CP
January 2025 - Trying Again