Post by oneslybookworm on Jun 2, 2015 6:55:34 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? - cycle 29, CD9
2. Testing this week? - I'll start OPKs tomorrow, leading up to our IUI this weekend.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? - this is our "Hail Mary" IUI before IVF. I never thought I'd be at this point, and yet I feel like a part of me (in the back of my head) always expected something to go wrong when we started TTC. I think I just chalked those feelings up to my natural pessimism, rather than reality. Whoops...guess I was right. Balls.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? - Hummus and pita!!! Oh! And feta with olives. And wine. LOTS of wine.
1. Where are you in your journey? I feel a bit like a broken record at this point. 5 weeks post d&c, still waiting for AF to arrive
2. Testing this week? No
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I fucking hate this holding pattern I am in right now. I just want to get my damn period so I can move on and start charting/temping. While I am so grateful to have been pregnant, I hate that the miscarriage wasn't diagnosed for almost 4 weeks after it happened. I feel like so much time is being wasted right now.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Another vote for hummus and pita! I also like to make a cheese and cracker plate.
Post by mandiespharm on Jun 2, 2015 7:19:20 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since 2/13. 4dpIUI #4. This one was an injectable instead of clomid.
2. Testing this week? Nope not til the 10th
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I'm more optimistic this cycle than I have been. I had 6 follies at monitoring. I'm trying to not think into things too much but my boobs are killing me right now.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Bacon wrapped asparagus is yummy. Or fresh fruit.
oneslybookworm fx. Have you thought about doing injectable iui before ivf?
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since 2/13. 4dpIUI #4. This one was an injectable instead of clomid.
2. Testing this week? Nope not til the 10th
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I'm more optimistic this cycle than I have been. I had 6 follies at monitoring. I'm trying to not think into things too much but my boobs are killing me right now.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Bacon wrapped asparagus is yummy. Or fresh fruit.
oneslybookworm fx. Have you thought about doing injectable iui before ivf?
mandiespharm - We haven't discussed injectable IUIs so far. My response to Femara has been excellent...2-3 mature follicles each go round, really good lining, etc. The RE doesn't see the need to do injectables because everything has worked the way it should with Femara. If I weren't responding well, we'd definitely give it a go though, prior to IVF.
Post by mandiespharm on Jun 2, 2015 7:35:23 GMT -5
[/quote]mandiespharm - We haven't discussed injectable IUIs so far. My response to Femara has been excellent...2-3 mature follicles each go round, really good lining, etc. The RE doesn't see the need to do injectables because everything has worked the way it should with Femara. If I weren't responding well, we'd definitely give it a go though, prior to IVF. [/quote]
Makes sense. I know for us we only had one good follicle each time with clomid so we are trying injectables. Our RE finds he doesn't use ivf very often that most of his patients get pg with clomid or the injectables.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTCAL Cycle 9 CD11
2. Testing this week? OPKs. I started yesterday and then I totally forgot this AM. I am not good at the POAS thing.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? Just scared. That's normal? Maybe? I am still so stressed out over everything else in my life, that I don't even know what is going on with my cycle.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Not really a picnic food, but I could eat a cheese plate with grapes, crackers, etc. all day, any day.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTCAL since April 2014 CD 12
2. Testing this week? Nope, but I might start OPKs
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings?: thyroid and prolactin tests came back normal. I will test my blood sugars a few days and see if they are normal too. Just not looking forward to another 40 day cycle.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Potato salad and pink lemonade or raspberry iced tea.
1. Where are you in your journey? - cycle 8, CD 28, 9 days DPO (but I think my stats are off and it's more like 11)
2. Testing this week? - I was planning to do it Sunday, after an event on Saturday, but I'm starting to spot today, so I think I'll have my period tomorrow.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? - the more negative cycles, the more I worry I'm going to need medical intervention. Something like 60%+ of people get pregnant in their first 3 months of trying, and I'm past that. My husband really wants that positive, too! I keep thinking I'm too fat and too old.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? - Good question. Arnold Palmers? I also make a great picnic sandwich, kind of like a vegetarian muffaletta.
3. I have an appointment today to check my lining. Transfer was supposed to be tomorrow, but at my last appointment my lining went from 7 to 4.6. So I have to go back today to see if it's gotten thicker. If all is well, transfer will be Sunday. If not, we have to cancel. I don't have a good feeling though, and I'm fully expecting bad news and a subsequent cancel.
Waiting to do transfer is killing me. It's already been 2 months since retrieval. And I can't help but feel like DH's stupid camping trip fucked things up for this month. Transfer was originally scheduled for the day he left, but we had to postpone because of his trip. Now I'm wondering if we had just followed the original schedule, if we could have done transfer already.
2. Nope, trying to wait it out until the 8th of June.
3. Just the 2ww crazies have started. I was fine until yesterday, for some reason 7DPO made me go crazy. It's like I didn't even register that I had Od until yesterday. (Well I knew j had but you know what I mean.)
4. Munchie food like cheese, crackers, meat. And maybe a fruit platter.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2 since Oct '12, 3 losses, CD8 2. Testing this week? OPKs this week
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I'm at that point where I'm wondering how much further are we going to go to conceive. I have done 3 rounds of Clomid (I started Metformin this cycle) and I have conceived with Clomid. I'm trying to decide if we should continue on this path or try something new.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? I've never really been on a picnic but we usually BBQ. My favorite is this awesome corn salad that my MIL makes (it has fresh corn, tomatoes, onions, and mozzarella).
1. Where are you in your journey? I've lost track of how many cycles, but it's been since August 2013. Today is CD11.
2. Testing this week? Just OPK's... got a positive one today.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? Next cycle is our "Hail Mary" IUI before we give up completely. Part of me is ready to move on. The other part will be completely devastated if it doesn't happen
We're 99% positive this cycle will be it, but that 1% in me is not sure. Donor eggs are pretty much our only possibility at this stage of the game and they're ridiculously $$$.
Post by EllenGriswold on Jun 2, 2015 13:51:15 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since Nov. 2013 - on a break now as we get set for IVF (so weird even typing that!)
2. Testing this week? I'll probably ovulate this week but not doing OPKs or anything.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I'm actually NOT over it for the first time in a while. While it's kind of sad(?)-- I don't think this is really the right word -- to be at this point, it makes me think we have a good chance of success and that makes me excited. IUIs sort of felt like treading water so this feels like progress. Plus the analytic nerd inside me is kinda geeking out at all the extra info I'll get!
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? We don't do a lot of picnics, but will do BBQs. I'm a big fan of deviled eggs!
Post by EllenGriswold on Jun 2, 2015 13:53:06 GMT -5
mandiespharm - what is the rate of multiples for your RE? And how many cancelled cycles (for too high a response)? I'm just wondering because I know many people are pretty wary about injectables for that reason.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1 since Jan 14. One loss. About to start Cycle 13, currently menstruating.
2. Testing this week? No.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? My period was supposed to start on Friday, but it started midday yesterday. I also had an intense migraine which caused me to dry heave into the toilet yesterday morning. I was 40 minutes late to work because of it and felt horrible ALL DAY. Went to bed at 9pm and slept until 7:30am today. Now I feel just fine (besides the heavy period and cramping, ugh) but geez...what fun it's been.
First RE appointment is in a few weeks, so I'm looking forward to/nervous about that. I'd just like to finally talk to someone and get the answers.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Watermelon. I could eat a whole watermelon by myself, I swear!
suzv, I'm so sorry. I got my period 5 weeks nearly to the day post D&C. I hope you get yours soon. I totally understand the feeling of "wasting time." My MC was found out four days after I had a positive ultrasound with the heartbeat and all, so my frustration was, "Why didn't they see it/able to stop it?" Sending good thoughts your way...
Post by callmehales on Jun 2, 2015 16:04:37 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1 since Jan 2014
2. Testing this week? n/a
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? taking this spring/summer break before IVF in august/september has been nice from a stress standpoint, because i don't obsess over FW or OPKs or anything. but i'm also TERRIFIED i won't have a good response to the meds, and we can only really afford 1 fresh cycle and maybe 1 or 2 frozens. so if i don't have enough eggs, or they don't fertilize well, we'll be throwing that money away AND i'll probably never be a bio mom. going from the very beginning of RE treatments to the very end in 1 fell swoop is really hard.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? fried chicken! gah that's so southern it hurts, lol.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I'm feeling a little frustrated because I think I got my period today. I'm not sure if it's some healing issues after my LEEP two weeks ago, or if my period is way out of whack. I was hoping it'd be back to normal by now.
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Wine, cheese and crackers, and fresh fruit.
mandiespharm - what is the rate of multiples for your RE? And how many cancelled cycles (for too high a response)? I'm just wondering because I know many people are pretty wary about injectables for that reason.
20-30% for multiples. I don't think he really said how many got cancelled for too high of a response but he did talk about it - mostly keeping your dose of FSH lower and more monitoring if you were higher risk. Then not giving the trigger if you were overly responsive. I myself am wary of triplets or more but I know I would be selectively reducing to two if that did happen. May not be the most popular opinion but I wouldn't want to put the stress on my body or the babies.
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? The whole point of not charting or testing this cycle is so I wouldn't go crazy for all the data. But wouldn't you know I get mid cycle spotting for the first time since conceiving my daughter so that gives me all the feels!
4. Favorite picnic food for summer? Bottle of wine, baguette, fancy cheese, and some good cured meat. That's bliss!
1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle.. 10? CD 10.
2. Testing this week? CB Fertility monitor
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I had my HSG on Monday. It hurt like hell. I later found out that's because the radiologist pushed in a larger amount of dye trying to get my uterus to fully distend, which it wouldn't. My left tube looks totally normal. My right tube was described as "dilated." While the dye eventually spilled, it got stuck a number of times, expanding the tube. It looked like a bunch of sausages. They saw something in my uterus, which they're going to explore further with a hysteroscopy. Hopefully it's nothing. I have to wait until next cycle to get that done. I'm just so frustrated and sad. And scared because, while it's probably just a fibroid or something else insignificant, I won't have results until at least the end of June.
3. This is our first medicated cycle. 50 mg Clomid, TI. I've been looking forward to this for the past few months as our safety net. Now that it's here, I'm nervous that I've put way too much faith in the idea that this will be the magic bullet. Nothing is ever easy, is it?
3. Thoughts, complaints, general "I'm over it" feelings? I had my HSG on Monday. It hurt like hell. I later found out that's because the radiologist pushed in a larger amount of dye trying to get my uterus to fully distend, which it wouldn't. My left tube looks totally normal. My right tube was described as "dilated." While the dye eventually spilled, it got stuck a number of times, expanding the tube. It looked like a bunch of sausages. They saw something in my uterus, which they're going to explore further with a hysteroscopy. Hopefully it's nothing. I have to wait until next cycle to get that done. I'm just so frustrated and sad. And scared because, while it's probably just a fibroid or something else insignificant, I won't have results until at least the end of June.
I'm really sorry that the HSG was so painful, and that it will take so long to get results. Big hugs to you!
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.