State of the Ute 12.03.14

[lms]

1. It's been 1 year ttc, cd 8
2. Nope
3. Had an RE appointment on Monday. She ran more bloodwork and then she wanted me to have a sonohysterogram on Tuesday. Everything looked good except for a small uterine polyp. She's not too concerned with the polyp because it's so small. I go back to her on the 29th to discuss my bloodwork and see if we need to adjust my thyroid medication.
When I was with her on Monday she said that with my H leaving in February we could move forward with either IUI or IVF. I'm surprised that she was willing to move that fast with everything.
4. Since I'm starting to crochet I hope to get a few different size hooks. I don't really have anything big that I want.

[Blackout81]

. Where are you in your journey?
TTC#2 Cycle 4, CD20 - 4ish DPO?

2. Are you testing this week?
nope, next week

3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.?
i don't think I've ever tried so hard for something my entire life

4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? (Besides the obvious BFP we all want!)
Honestly, not much this year. I mean, a whole new wardrobe would be great since my clothes are crap and I'm stupidity holding out for maternity clothes, but there's no big gift I really want

[cgpm]

1. Cycle 16, cd 10

2- OPKs starting tomorrow

3. I don't think my mom gets why I don't want "stuff" for Xmas and that I want to plan vacations instead because it gives me something to look forward to. Sigh. I will make it to Germany this summer whether she likes it or not!

4. See above. I want nothing so we can save for travel.

[beans]

1. Where are you in your journey? officially Cycle 5 CD 21, 8DPO


2. Are you testing this week? maybe this weekend depending on my temps/af


3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.? I feel really weird for some reason telling people we are trying. Like I told my friend we are not preventing but not trying. I am temping, taking OPKs, etc etc. The thing is, I have a limited time on when I can get pg and have a baby right now (I am in clinical psych grad school and will be going into the Air Force when I graduate. I don't want to be super PG or just post birth for interviews and I have to be a certain period post birth before training plus I have to be a certain time frame post birth for training. It would really mess with things to have to take time off during my internship year). It sucks to have to put a time limit or wait for like two years, and I don't want to talk about how bad I wanted a baby for the next two years with people if I don't conceive.  Sorry if this is rambling. 


4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? I don't really have much in mind. 

[belle55]

Dec 3, 2014 11:52:30 GMT -5 miamigirl said:

I didn't see one this week, so:

1. Where are you in your journey?
2. Are you testing this week?
3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.?
4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? (Besides the obvious BFP we all want!)

1. TTC since Nov '13, Cycle 2 AL, 13 DPO
2. I've talked myself into testing tomorrow morning if my temp hasn't dropped. 
3. Not feeling very positive this cycle. I've been feeling lots of heaviness in my uterus which I think is a sign of impending AF. I so desperately want a baby in 2015 for a kind of stupid reason - 5 is "my number" and I feel like it NEEDS to work out this way. 
4. A FitBit, the LORAC pro palette, pantry organization canisters, and a labelmaker are all on my list. My birthday is not long after the holidays so I usually treat myself to whatever I didn't get for Christmas.

[belle55]

Dec 3, 2014 14:10:13 GMT -5 rockinrobyn said:

1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle ?? TTCAL CD2

2. Are you testing this week?  No

3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.? I have a therapist who is out on FMLA for a broken leg. A nurse called to ask me for her address because they want to send her a plant. I asked why are you sending a plant, she said because as a company they send a plant to any staff member who has surgery or is out on FMLA. I was in a pissy mood and asked where my plant was in March when I had my mm/c and D&C. She became flustered and said no one knew what to do or say in my "situation" and were going to do something else, but they did nothing. This makes me angry. 1. that no one would even look or talk to me when I came back to work and 2. that there is such a gray area around miscarriage and what you can and cannot say to someone. 

Also, I broke down crying in the middle of a store on Friday while shopping with my mom and other female family members. So much talk of kids and sad looks my way. I just kept thinking I should have had a 3 month old at that point and what I failure I am. Sorry for the book, I just had to get all of that out.

4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? (Besides the obvious BFP we all want!): A new duvet and cover for our bed.

I'm so sorry. It's so frustrating when you feel so sad and you feel like you can't grieve in a typical, socially accepted way. I wish we as a society were better about dealing with MC, because it is so common. You shouldn't be made to feel like your grief or time away from work is any less important than someone else's. Hugs!

[beans]

Hugs rockinrobyn

[shauni27]

1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 15
2. Are you testing this week? nope
3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.? still not tracking, and REALLY enjoying it! I love that I generally know when I am ovulating but I don't overthink things and can just relax more. I am also not as hopeful each month for that very reason.
4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? (Besides the obvious BFP we all want!) Running shoes, stuff for the house and a pasta maker.

[ellipsis]

1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 4, CD27, 7DPO
2. Are you testing this week? nope
3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.? FF thinks I O'd on the same day as my positive OPK. Huh?
4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? A new purse but I am SO picky. I feel like I have been searching for a bag that doesn't exist.

[vanillahip]

Dec 3, 2014 11:52:30 GMT -5 miamigirl said:

I didn't see one this week, so:

1. Where are you in your journey?
2. Are you testing this week?
3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.?
4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? (Besides the obvious BFP we all want!)

1- CD 5, 1st period after HSG, just got H's SA results

2- no

3- H's results are not the worst ever, but they are not "normal" (low motility and low morphology) so he has to go in again and they do a wash to see if we're candidates for an IUI, otherwise we skip straight to IVF

4- a mother-effing BFP, that's really all I'm hoping for (though christmas will be right after I o I think so probably won't test until New Years-ish) ::grumpy::

[callmehales]

Dec 4, 2014 10:11:18 GMT -5 ellipsis said:

1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 4, CD27, 7DPO
2. Are you testing this week? nope
3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.? FF thinks I O'd on the same day as my positive OPK. Huh?
4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? A new purse but I am SO picky. I feel like I have been searching for a bag that doesn't exist.

you could have, if the positive was in the morning.  it just detects the surge, and some people surge right before O, some people it takes a day or 2. 

[ellipsis]

Dec 4, 2014 13:20:53 GMT -5 callmehales said:

Dec 4, 2014 10:11:18 GMT -5 ellipsis said:

1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 4, CD27, 7DPO
2. Are you testing this week? nope
3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.? FF thinks I O'd on the same day as my positive OPK. Huh?
4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? A new purse but I am SO picky. I feel like I have been searching for a bag that doesn't exist.

you could have, if the positive was in the morning.  it just detects the surge, and some people surge right before O, some people it takes a day or 2. 

I took it at like 7pm, took another the next day ~3pm and it was negative. Maybe it was confused by my temp change? I don't know. We only BD'd the day I got the positive and the next day due to travel, sickness, etc. so yeah. Not holding my breath.

[callmehales]

Dec 4, 2014 14:48:07 GMT -5 ellipsis said:

Dec 4, 2014 13:20:53 GMT -5 callmehales said:

you could have, if the positive was in the morning.  it just detects the surge, and some people surge right before O, some people it takes a day or 2. 

I took it at like 7pm, took another the next day ~3pm and it was negative. Maybe it was confused by my temp change? I don't know. We only BD'd the day I got the positive and the next day due to travel, sickness, etc. so yeah. Not holding my breath.

your temp change is what ACTUALLY confirms your O.  not the opks.  FF will give you crosshairs once your temp rises for 3 days, regardless of whether you've put in OPK info or not.

[psychmom]

1. Where are you in your journey?
CD 35- ugh

2. Are you testing this week?
Tested today, BFN

3. Any vents, thoughts, etc.?
I wish I could get in the weight loss mindset. My doctor told me it would help things, conception wise. But I'm in such a funk. It's frustrating and I can't help use that as a reason to blame myself for not getting pregnant yet.

4. What do you hope to get on Christmas? (Besides the obvious BFP we all want!)
I think I'd like a Fitbit Charge and some Silpats for my cookie sheets.

[macmars45]

I'm late to the party cause I worked late last night (10.5 hour day... ugh) and can't gbcn from work.

1. Cycle 4 cd 28 12dpo

2. Unless AF shows up first I'll wait to test until Saturday (14dpo).

3. No. I just so hope this is our cycle because we had such good timing. Also Saturday is H's 30th birthday party (birthday was Dec 2nd) and I'd love to give him a bfp as a belated present.

4. Iron Man t-shirt and some new earrings.