1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 2, CD 27, 11DPO
2. Are you testing this week? I tested yesterday at 10dpo got a BFN. My temp took a nose dive this morning, but is still above the coverline. I'm going to see what my temp does tomorrow morning and then test again.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? Not really, just ready for this week to be over already.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? I do most of my shopping at LOFT, Target, and Old Navy. I tend to dress pretty simple in mostly all black and then dress it up with statement necklaces.
2. Are you testing this week? I'll start OPK's probably on Sunday.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? Urologist diagnosed a varicocele in right testicle at our appointment yesterday. Surgery is set to take place next Thursday. I'm anxious about this a little bit. I have a lot of feelings and thoughts on this....but not sure where to start!
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? White House Black Market...and looking for new suggestions
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since Oct 2012, cycle 2 TTCA3L Cd8
2. Are you testing this week? Nope
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? I don't know how I'm feeling right now, I had too much hope on last cycle working and when it didn't I kinda fell apart. I also went to a baby shower on Sunday and the actual shower didn't real have an effect on me, seeing what used to be my bff had more of an effect on me. She doesn't know about my most recent loss and it seems like every time she sees me she is staring at me/my belly and trying to figure out if I'm pregnant again. (The shower was for ex-bffs sister, who I have become good friends with, as she struggled TTC and it was something for us to relate to.)
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? I don't know if I could choose just one.
Lately my date clothing and actually most of my clothing is stuff that my SIL or cousin bought and gave to me. (They both spend way to much money on clothing and they never wear half of it, so about once a year they clean out their closets and I get the stuff I want. Most of it is stuff I would wear, so it's a win win.)
3. I'm not sure what I am feeling. There are a lot of feelings for sure, but they are all jumbled.
4. We don't have date nights. Well, not really, we just go out to dinner on Fridays after work. But not like super special date nights. We are pretty low key people.
Post by HoneySpider on Feb 10, 2015 10:02:11 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since Jan 2012, Cycle 23 TTCAL, CD17
2. Are you testing this week? Just OPKs, got a positive one today. I am just testing for knowledge since we can't have sex....I'm on estrogen pills after the surgery and I read it can mess with your cycle. If I am actually O'ing in the next day or two then it's not having an effect which would be nice...I'm anxious to get on to the next cycle and be able to start trying again.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? We're seeing my brother and SIL this weekend and I have a strong feeling there will be a pregnancy announcement for #2. Whether it's now or later, I'm going to have a hard time getting lapped.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? I don't purchase many clothes in general and I don't think I've ever purchased any specifically for a date night, but I like WHBM, Loft, and Banana Republic.
HoneySpider Thank you!! How much longer until you are able to try again?
I go for my follow up appt next Wed and I should be cleared for sex at that point...and doctor originally told me we could try again the next cycle, so barring any reason why that would change, we should be good to go next cycle. Yay! I think we're going to try on our own for a few cycles while we meet with the RE again and formulate a plan for IUI.
Post by sierramist03 on Feb 10, 2015 10:12:10 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 5 after MMC CD2
2. Are you testing this week? Nope
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? I'm so frustrated with how heavy my period is after the MMC it's way heavier than it every was in my entire life
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? I dress pretty casual but most of my favorite going out pieces are from gap
HoneySpider Thank you!! How much longer until you are able to try again?
I go for my follow up appt next Wed and I should be cleared for sex at that point...and doctor originally told me we could try again the next cycle, so barring any reason why that would change, we should be good to go next cycle. Yay! I think we're going to try on our own for a few cycles while we meet with the RE again and formulate a plan for IUI.
Sounds like a plan Cheers to our steps forward lady...and BFP's soon to follow!
Post by swiftlyirun on Feb 10, 2015 10:33:33 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since March 2014, 45 DP(what was probably not)O.
2. Are you testing this week? No, not even sure what I would test for at this point.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? I think I did my share of hogging the venting yesterday. Just ready to have my cycle back. Mainly, I just want to run and be cleared to run/not obsess over whether my running is causing me to loose my cycle. I would be a lot more sane if I could just run.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? Hmm, maybs J. Crew?
1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 8, CD 17 - have no idea if I've O'd.
2. Are you testing this week? I've been testing with OPKs for a week.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? My body must have decided to freak out leading up to my CD21 bloodwork. I've had plenty of EWCM but no surge detected on OPKs, no O pain, and no confirmed O with FF. I'm usually 3DPO by now.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? Our dates aren't usually fancy/really dressy. I wear jeans or leggings and a cute top during the winter and skirts or dresses in the summer. Target and ON are my go-to stores.
ETA: hugs to everyone. I feel like a lot of us are really down right now.
1. Cycle 17, CD 29 2. Not testing, I don't test unless AF is a week late or more. 3. No thoughts 4. I shop everywhere, so this is a hard one. Hmm...my stuff is a mix from Marshall's, Loft, Old Navy, Macy's, Kohl's, Lands' End.
Post by EllenGriswold on Feb 10, 2015 11:28:59 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? Trying since November 2013, CD 36
2. Are you testing this week? I don't think so. I'm not sure if/when I O'd this cycle so I'm just waiting it out for AF.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? While this cycle has been completely nuts, I'm actually holding out hope that if AF can hold out for another day or two, we will be in a much better place for IUI next cycle. For a while it looked like FW was going to completely overlap with my bar exam so we would have had to skip the month - but now with this weird cycle, we may be good to go! FX!
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? I don't buy specific date clothes, but I guess a lot of the stuff I wear out is from J.Crew or Anthropologie.
1. Cycle 2 TTCAL#4, 5DPO 2. I might test on Sunday at 10DPO 3. Saturday is the anniversary of our NT scan when everything looked good and I was so excited, so that's going to suck. H and I have planned to attend a gallery opening that night, so hopefully it will keep my mind off things. I'm also planning a trip in March (unless I get and stay pregnant this cycle). Not sure yet where we're going to go, but I'm thinking maybe Sicily or Greece - somewhere warm for sure. 4. I don't generally buy a lot of clothes, but my latest purchase is a gorgeous blue dress from Boden.
((awick14)) HoneySpider, I hope you get cleared to try again next cycle! @moonbeam, you must have nerves of steel! I could never wait that long to test.
1) Still waiting for doctor appointment and first cycle after MMC. I go back next Wednesday. All spotting has stopped, so that is a positive.
2) Still working on getting in the habit of temping again. Temps are all over the place. I think that is common, and I am not as consistent right now. I will use opks too but not right now.
3) I hate the beginning of the week because of when I had my ultrasound and because Tuesday is when I would have my week change. Coming up to the second tri date sucks. I am strongly considering giving up ig/fb for lent next week so I don't encounter any pg announcements for around my due date. I am going to start working out again this week. I hope that gives me some goals to distract me. We are also going to move D into a big girl room closer to her birthday and we are starting to prep the room. I have some other home projects planned.
4) Most clothing is from Loft and Banana Republic.
HoneySpider Thank you!! How much longer until you are able to try again?
I go for my follow up appt next Wed and I should be cleared for sex at that point...and doctor originally told me we could try again the next cycle, so barring any reason why that would change, we should be good to go next cycle. Yay! I think we're going to try on our own for a few cycles while we meet with the RE again and formulate a plan for IUI.
MrsMB my H had one as well and everything went fine with his surgery and he's got good numbers now. I hope your H's surgery is just as successful.
1. TTC since Nov'13, cd20, 9dpo
2. I'll probably test on Sunday.
3. Really hoping this is it so H and I can celebrate a BFP together. Oddly enough I think the 15th is the day I tested and found out I was pregnant with dd.
4. Most of my clothes come from NY & Company. I also like Kohls. We really don't have fancy date nights. We just wear jeans and nice shirts.
Post by pantaloons55 on Feb 10, 2015 12:27:06 GMT -5
Ha! Ok, I guess this makes more sense today...
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1 AL, CD 11
2. Are you testing this week? Nope, no OPKs for me. I know its FW
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? Just trying to remain patient, healthy and calm.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? I don't really know anymore, quite a few of my favourites have closed/are closing here in Canada. I'm hoping that some of the new stores due to open are going to be worth visiting. I'm looking forward to seeing White House Black Market when it finally opens near me, although the Canadian prices will probably be out of my reach from the looks of the website. Its been on hold for awhile, but then, so have I. I have been holding out on new purchases this year to save it for mat clothes. Sigh. I even bough t a few on sale during my brief stint pg (I bloat a lot of a good day, pregnancy was insane). It worked out I guess I've put on quite a bit of weight in the last few months and none of my other clothes fit even after the loss. So I'm wearing mat pants today. Head f**k, but its all I can do til I go shopping. I literally would have nothing to wear otherwise.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since Nov 2015, CD 8, cycle 3 AL
2. Are you testing this week? nope. We're pretty much on a break for an unknown time. I don't ovulate by my own and Clomid is out of stock all over Sweden so that's not an option. Waiting for an appointment with the hospital fertility clinic but the waitlist is 6 months so we probably won't get in until August. I'm hoping my private RE who I will see again in mid-March will have some doable option for us
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? i just feel so depressed and disappointed when I think we might not be able to try again until the fall.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? zara
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2 since 3/2014, CD10. Wow, that snuck up on me!
2. Are you testing this week? Yes, I'll do OPKs starting tomorrow. Good thing you posted this, so I had to check my CD!
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? First RE appointment is Friday, eek. I'm nervous. I just realized that it'll be hard for me to get back in time to pick up DS from school, but his favorite teacher said she's happy to take him home and watch him. Phew. My running buddy sees this doctor and said that he's normally running late, because he takes extra time with his patients. H still hasn't sent me his repeat SA results, which is annoying. I just want to know what I'm facing. I hope the doctor tells him how his health affects the SA, because H certainly hasn't listened to me.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? Hmmm, we don't get too dressed up for date night usually, so it's my normal stores - Banana, Gap, that kind of thing.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? I need new bras. I've been putting it off because if I DO get pregnant, it would change my bra size and that would be a waste. Maybe I should just buy them and hope it works like the white pants/period starting trick.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? Lol at fancy date night outfits. WHBM when I want something fancy, but I can't remember the last time I dressed up for anything other than a work function or wedding.
Post by ginkgoleaf on Feb 10, 2015 13:10:07 GMT -5
1. TTC #2 since August 2013, 6 IUIs, 1 failed IVF, on cycle 7 of IUI to fulfill new insurance coverage requirements, moving to IVF #2 after this.
2. No, but I have a monitoring appointment Thursday morning, just finished Clomid last night. Don't expect it to work, so we did the cheap/easy route with Clomid again.
3. We met with a new RE last night and are feeling a lot more optimistic. He pinpointed what the problem was with our first retrieval and has assured us he would have done it differently. We really feel like we'd be in good hands with him, and his success rates are higher than our current RE, too. We're assuming this last IUI will be another bust, and then we'll call to start BCP and then stims on CD1 of the next cycle... should be doing IVF #2 in mid-March!
I also found out through a friend who's done several IUIs that in our state, Obamacare will cover up to 4 IVF retrievals. The new RE confirmed this and I've signed myself up. It would be considered my primary insurance, so once we hit the $2500 deductible, they would cover everything else up to 4 IVFs. Truly amazing. The new RE said that the infertility benefit will be going away in 2016, so I'm glad we can take advantage this year! Also FYI, you have until 2/15 to sign up, if anyone wants to look into it for themselves.
4. We don't get out much... most of my clothes are from Target or Old Navy. I like Loft, too, but don't really have a need to wear clothes that nice most of the time since I'm not working.
3. Omg I think I am actually ovulating today! I don't frequently ovulate without clomid, and had to take a break from it this cycle due to insurance/doctor holdup. I for sure thought I would be out this cycle, but got a positive OPK yesterday!! I really think it's the acupuncture working, because even when I have ovulated without clomid, it's been super late, like cd 28-30.
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? I need new bras. I've been putting it off because if I DO get pregnant, it would change my bra size and that would be a waste. Maybe I should just buy them and hope it works like the white pants/period starting trick.
I completely understand this feeling! I've been hesitant to buy new clothes because I'm always thinking "what if?" And hopefully the buying the bras does the trick! I know I had that same thought in the back of my mind when I bought the economy size box of tampons during my last AF and I just ordered another pack of 100 wondfo OPKs. That's gotta count for something, right?
Post by callmehales on Feb 10, 2015 14:00:55 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? cycle 17, CD3
2. Are you testing this week? nope
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? we've got our first RE appt monday and i've been thinking a lot about it. i know DH is worried he'll have to get surgery done, and i don't really know how to make him feel better about it because i also sort of think we're dealing with MFI, since i ovulate every month and my cycles are crazy regular.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? we don't really do many date nights, we do more weekend trips or golf outings and such. but most of my closet is from target, jcp, old navy and kohls.
1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 1 TTCA3L, CD 13
2. Are you testing this week? No
3. Any thoughts, vents, etc.? I decided to give those clear blue advanced digital fertility monitors a chance this month and I'm regretting it. I usually use Wondfos and checking CM as my guidelines and it has worked out for me in the past. Not sure why I decided to switch it up this month other than just to try something new. I usually O around this time, and now I"m not sure if I did or not yet.
4. What's your favorite clothing store to purchase date outfits for outings with your DH? I don't really have "date outfits" but I buy a lot of clothes at Loft or Target, lol. I wear scrubs to work, so anything other than scrubs is a date outfit to me haha.