Thursday things!

[starryfish]

How is everyone doing? 

What is everyone's favorite color?
Favorite vacation spot?
Favorite time of year?

[starryfish]

What is everyone's favorite color?  PINK
Favorite vacation spot? We love cruising, but probably Grand Cayman Islands where we got married!
Favorite time of year? Spring


I want to test SOO bad but its been 4 days and I can't test for 2 more weeks due to HCG! Boo! I was never this impatient when we tried "naturally"

[pandora89]

Not much happening here. I called the clinic that runs the genetics tests and left a message because I hadnt heard back about the blood test yet. Hopefully they get back to us soon, I wouldnt mind getting that done with it so we can figure out what our next plan is.

Favourite colour(s) are blue and purple.
Favourite vacation spot - London, although Paris is a close second
Favourite time of year is summer and fall. I love the fall weather but I love all the things to do here over the summer.

[thoseareradishes]

Hoping we get our donor profile today. I'm so excited to see who they chose for us.

Favorite color is purple.
Favorite vacation spot is the beach.  
Favorite time of year is summer, even though I can't deal with the heat.  I get overheated so easily.

[scm1011]

Lupron shots are making me tired (is this a thing, or am I just exhausted for other reasons?). My last few runs have been slow and hard, which does not bode well for my 15k on Sunday!

What is everyone's favorite color? Green
Favorite vacation spot? This is a tough question, its probably a tie between Laos and the Scottish Highlands. I also love London and Lisbon.
Favorite time of year? fall

[janegold]

Hi all! Nothing new to report here IF-wise. We are making some big progress on our reno this week, woohoo! The sheetrock on the new room is up and they are taping and mudding today and tomorrow. And we are leaving for vacation next Wednesday, which really cannot come soon enough. As is typical leading up to a trip, work has been insane and it will be a race to the finish line to get everything wrapped up before I leave.

Favorite color: green
Favorite vacation spot: my favorite regular vacation spot is Cape Cod. We spend as much of our summers there as we can. But my favorite place I've ever been is probably Istanbul.
Favorite time of year: Summer, but fall is a close second.

[ilovecandy]

What is everyone's favorite color? Green
Favorite vacation spot? Anywhere i can sit on a beach and not have to worry about ocoking and i get drinks delivered. I mean i love other vacations too liek exploring new cities and such. but my favorite is literally doing nothing and just being with h.
Favorite time of year? Depends usually fall though.

[kristind3]

I've got my baseline US scheduled for today at 1:30 to hopefully start stims tomorrow. I haven't had AF yet since stopping BC so I don't know how that will affect anything.

Favorite color is yellow.
Favorite vacation spot is probably Maui, but St. Maarten was a lot of fun too. Outer Banks are also one of my happy places.
Favorite time of year is fall for football season!

[Mushe]

Hey all! scm1011, I'm exhausted too! I was just going to ask if Lupron makes you tired, but mine is such a low dose that I wasn't sure it could be that. Limiting caffeine while this tired is not fun.

Fave color is blue
Fave vacation spot - I love to travel, but I tend to separate "travel" from "vacation," if that makes sense. Vacation would be Mexico. I could go back there yearly if we had the time!
I can't remember the third! Lol. Fave season maybe? Fall for great weather here and my bday.

[scm1011]

Feb 4, 2016 11:12:08 GMT -5 Mushe said:

Hey all! scm1011 , I'm exhausted too! I was just going to ask if Lupron makes you tired, but mine is such a low dose that I wasn't sure it could be that. Limiting caffeine while this tired is not fun. 

I'm on 10....whatever the units are  Dr. Google confirms that Lupron is an energy zapper! It is quite the rub that we can't compensate with an extra coffee!

[ilovecandy]

Feb 4, 2016 11:16:41 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Feb 4, 2016 11:12:08 GMT -5 Mushe said:

Hey all! scm1011 , I'm exhausted too! I was just going to ask if Lupron makes you tired, but mine is such a low dose that I wasn't sure it could be that. Limiting caffeine while this tired is not fun. 

I'm on 10....whatever the units are  Dr. Google confirms that Lupron is an energy zapper! It is quite the rub that we can't compensate with an extra coffee!

I am on 20.  I definitly get tired very easily.  Yesterday i though iw as going to call asleep on our way to the doctor.  I had to pull over and grab some caffeine.

[scm1011]

Feb 4, 2016 11:20:07 GMT -5 ilovecandy said:

Feb 4, 2016 11:16:41 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I'm on 10....whatever the units are  Dr. Google confirms that Lupron is an energy zapper! It is quite the rub that we can't compensate with an extra coffee!

I am on 20.  I definitly get tired very easily.  Yesterday i though iw as going to call asleep on our way to the doctor.  I had to pull over and grab some caffeine.

Eeeek! If I feel this way on 10 I cannot imagine how you feel on twice that!

[ilovecandy]

Feb 4, 2016 11:22:00 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Feb 4, 2016 11:20:07 GMT -5 ilovecandy said:

I am on 20.  I definitly get tired very easily.  Yesterday i though iw as going to call asleep on our way to the doctor.  I had to pull over and grab some caffeine.

Eeeek! If I feel this way on 10 I cannot imagine how you feel on twice that!

Today the where i did the shot it itched so bad and tehre was a red rash for about 30 minutes or so.  

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Hey all, work is super busy today. Going to the gym after with my H.

Blue and green
Croatia- H is from there and it's beautiful! His Mom lives on an island there (connected by bridge to a town) and we have free stay!
Fall, the leaves are so pretty here and I love apple/pumpkin picking.

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So exciting thoseareradishes!

Lots of activity here with cycling. I can't wait till next week when I start!

[oneslybookworm]

thoseareradishes , so exciting!! Hope everything goes smoothly!! I'd be super interested in hearing the process behind this for you, if you want to share it!

Nothing much going on here...I'm in meetings with a customer and seriously nearly blew a gasket. One of the guys here...I just can't even...makes me want to scream. My BP is through the roof, let's just leave it at that.

DH and I had a long talk last night about TTC and what's next. He's not confident that a 3dt is going to work for us and feels like our odds are better with donor embryos. I'm not tied to our DNA or anything, so I'm perfectly comfortable going donor as well...but then I feel bad that we'll be wasting a ton of meds. So...I need to set something up with our RE and see where we go from here. I'd really like to do something in May/June timeframe, but not sure if we can get donor embryos by that point.

Favorite color: blue / grey
Favorite vacation spot: I loved southern Spain and Morocco.  In the US, I really loved Savannah, GA.
Favorite time of year:  Fall.  It's the trifecta of holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas)!!!!

[Mushe]

Feb 4, 2016 11:16:41 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Feb 4, 2016 11:12:08 GMT -5 Mushe said:

Hey all! scm1011 , I'm exhausted too! I was just going to ask if Lupron makes you tired, but mine is such a low dose that I wasn't sure it could be that. Limiting caffeine while this tired is not fun. 

I'm on 10....whatever the units are  Dr. Google confirms that Lupron is an energy zapper! It is quite the rub that we can't compensate with an extra coffee!

ha! I was just thinking that I have no idea what the units are. Mine is "microdose," whatever that means, and I do 20u morning and night. It's crazy, but I only use one vial for the whole cycle.

[scm1011]

Feb 4, 2016 11:49:23 GMT -5 Mushe said:

Feb 4, 2016 11:16:41 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I'm on 10....whatever the units are  Dr. Google confirms that Lupron is an energy zapper! It is quite the rub that we can't compensate with an extra coffee!

ha! I was just thinking that I have no idea what the units are. Mine is "microdose," whatever that means, and I do 20u morning and night. It's crazy, but I only use one vial for the whole cycle.

woah! ok, so I'm being a whiney baby about my tiny 10u dose lol.

[ilovecandy]

Feb 4, 2016 11:49:23 GMT -5 Mushe said:

Feb 4, 2016 11:16:41 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I'm on 10....whatever the units are  Dr. Google confirms that Lupron is an energy zapper! It is quite the rub that we can't compensate with an extra coffee!

ha! I was just thinking that I have no idea what the units are. Mine is "microdose," whatever that means, and I do 20u morning and night. It's crazy, but I only use one vial for the whole cycle.

Dang i though mine was bad.  At least i only get it once a day.  I worry so much about having enough of the med since the vial looks liek tehre isn't much in it.  

[Mushe]

Feb 4, 2016 11:52:00 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Feb 4, 2016 11:49:23 GMT -5 Mushe said:

ha! I was just thinking that I have no idea what the units are. Mine is "microdose," whatever that means, and I do 20u morning and night. It's crazy, but I only use one vial for the whole cycle.

woah! ok, so I'm being a whiney baby about my tiny 10u dose lol.

not at all! I think the concentration is different.

[Mushe]

Feb 4, 2016 11:34:05 GMT -5 @bigredgum said:

Hey all, work is super busy today. Going to the gym after with my H.

Blue and green
Croatia- H is from there and it's beautiful! His Mom lives on an island there (connected by bridge to a town) and we have free stay!
Fall, the leaves are so pretty here and I love apple/pumpkin picking.

No way! We went to Croatia on our honeymoon and absolutely loved it. I'd go back there in a minute.

[Mushe]

Hugs oneslybookworm! I hope the trip calms down. Try to stay hopeful, though. I hear so much about a second IVF working!

[satsuma]

Mushe, I'd love to go to Croatia. How long ago did you go? I think it's gotten popular because of GOT and also more cruise ships are stopping there.

GL with making that decision oneslybookworm. It sucks when everything feels like a gamble.

[Mushe]

Feb 4, 2016 12:25:15 GMT -5 satsuma said:

Mushe, I'd love to go to Croatia. How long ago did you go? I think it's gotten popular because of GOT and also more cruise ships are stopping there.

GL with making that decision oneslybookworm. It sucks when everything feels like a gamble.

We got married 5 years ago now! Crazy, it feels like even longer.

[satsuma]

To answer the questions

What is everyone's favorite color? Purple
Favorite vacation spot? Hawaii
Favorite time of year? Summer on the cusp of fall when it is sunny and crisp, not ridiculously hot, but also before the 9 month rainy season starts.

[mpc]

I had my baseline ultrasound this morning. We're going to do another IUI, exactly the same as the last 2. He said if I wanted to be more aggressive we could, but he's comfortable trying this one, maybe two more times before moving on. I asked what moving on would be and it sounds like injectibles. He's not thinking IVF yet. I feel like we're going slowly, but that's ok I guess. I think to get my H on board it will require the RE saying we need to add more, not just oh you can if you want to.

Favorite color is yellow. It's so happy.
I love all vacations. I usually prefer exploration vs relaxation kind of trips. i studied abroad in France so I have an extra fondness for that.
Right now I'm really loving winter cause it's not a million degrees outside.

[mpc]

oneslybookworm I loved Morocco! We were there over Christmas in 2010.

[poppypoppins]

Feb 4, 2016 11:34:05 GMT -5 @bigredgum said:

Hey all, work is super busy today. Going to the gym after with my H.

Blue and green
Croatia- H is from there and it's beautiful! His Mom lives on an island there (connected by bridge to a town) and we have free stay!
Fall, the leaves are so pretty here and I love apple/pumpkin picking.

I'm Croatian and we go back every summer see my family!

Favorite color is Blue
Favorite vacation spot... I adore Croatia but it's home so I don't count it as vacation. Maybe Hawaii or the Caribbean, anywhere I can relax by a beach really
Favorite season-- definitely summer. It's amazingly beautiful here and rarely gets too hot

[satsuma]

mpc, are you fluent in French? It's been on my bucket list since I was a kid to be fluent in another language, but instead I'm just really, really bad in several of them.

[oneslybookworm]

Feb 4, 2016 13:16:25 GMT -5 mpc said:

oneslybookworm I loved Morocco! We were there over Christmas in 2010.

Morocco was our last trip before we moved home from Europe.  We spent 4 days in Marrakech and then 4 days in the Atlas Mountains, in a small village named Imlil.  It was absolutely AMAZING.  I pretty much wanted to move into the Riad we stayed at in Marrakech.