State of the Ute 4.25.16

[konapoppy]

1. Where are you in your journey?

2. Testing this week?

3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms?

4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? Bonus points for a PIP. 

[ridethelightning]

1. TTC #2. Cycle 6 CD 20.

2. Still OPKs because I STILL haven't ovulated!

3. Same complaint as always. MH has picked up a ton of extra shifts so we can have fun money for vacation in June. Therefore, he will only be home like 10 days total in May. So I guess we will just scratch May off for even trying.

4. I would love to live at the beach. But I'm afraid of hurricanes! I grew up in a rural area, which I loved, but now I live in a suburb and I love being able to order takeout or run a quick errand. We will probably move back to our land in the country within the next 5-10 years, though.

[duff]

Adora Belle Dearheart, I'm a hot yoga teacher...I've never heard that hot classes can cause any issues.  That said, my formal training was for room-temp yoga, so maybe I'm missing something, but as far as I know, it should be fine.

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1, cycle 9, CD10


2. Testing this week? I'll start OPKs probably on Wednesday.  FF says I'll ovulate on CD18, but I've noticed my positive OPK has been coming earlier and earlier each month.


3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms? I've got nothin'.


4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? My ideal place to live would be Portland or Denver...I need to be able to get outside.

[duff]

Apr 25, 2016 15:12:36 GMT -5 Adora Belle Dearheart said:

Thanks, duff , I was hoping you'd chime in. I really can't find conclusive answers online either way. Everything seems to be geared toward baths/hot tubs/saunas. On one hand, I'm thinking a 100 degree room can't help, but surely we'd see major issues in hot climates if it causes serious problems? Gah. I can't decide.

The owner of my studio should be in tonight.  I'll try to corner her to see if she knows anything.

[glauren]

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC#2 since October '15, cycle 3 after D&C, 7 DPO

2. Testing this week? I keep telling myself I should wait until my period is due, but I'm sure I'll start at 9 DPO because I'm crazy.

3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms? I didn't get the job I interviewed for, but I'm more relieved than disappointed (I didn't click with my would-be boss). Our timing was meh this cycle since I wanted to hear back before really TTC, so I don't think this is our month - but that won't stop me from testing at 9 DPO like a crazy person.

4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? Bonus points for a PIP.  City! We live in Chicago and have a yard; win/win. Although winters can really suck!

[preppy]

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2 Cycle 1, CD 26, 7DPO
2. Testing this week? No, next week if AF doesn't show.
3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms? I am in the TWW and we are hotly debating baby names for this not yet conceived kid. DD took 15 months to conceive plus the first 6 months of pregnancy before we settled on a name (and debated the entire 21 months) so we are starting early again.
4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? Bonus points for a PIP. By the ocean 300%. We just moved to a small "city" on the ocean. We can walk to anything (grocery store, park, library, daycare, beach, shops) and live on some of the most beautiful coast line. I love it.

[kellikans]

1. TTC #1 since December 2013, one loss

2. Nope

3. FET #3 was a bust. We're taking a break. Going to meet with my RE to see if she would change anything in our protocol. Also meeting with a second RE for another opinion. My birthday was last Friday and I spent most of the day and much of the weekend crying because I am now 34 with nothing. This was supposed to be the best birthday and it ended up being the worst. Also, my due date is in a month and I am dreading it. I was really hoping to be pregnant by the time it came up, but looks like that's not happening. Everything has just been so hard lately. /pitypartyforone

4. Where preppy lives sounds amazing. I think my ideal place would be one of the beach cities in the South Bay of L.A. - Manhattan Beach or Hermosa Beach. Easy access to everything, but a small town feel and very walkable. Unfortunately it's extremely expensive and we can't afford to move there.

[msmerymac]

1. TTC #1 since December, 2014.
2. Nope. I stopped temping this month because of vacation, so I *think* I just Oed over the weekend.
3. We're moving on to IUI next cycle when my period shows up (ETA May 5, a few days before I turn 34), so I'm kind of like, "eff it," this month. We're still trying, but if it doesn't work, I'm excited about the new plan.
4. I always want to live near a large urban area. I lived in Los Angeles for 10 years and now I live in the Philly burbs. I either want a pied a terre, or to live at my family's summer house for a few months out of the year and in a city the rest of the time, or at least in the close suburbs (with transit access!) of a city.

[ashap]

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC#1 since July '15; Cycle 5, CD 52

2. Testing this week? Nope. Can't even be sure I O'd

3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms? Where the F*CK is AF?! I am so sick of this crap. Also, why aren't my cycles getting shorter damnit!!!

4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? Bonus points for a PIP. I could go either way - either Manhattan, or a 100+ acre Ranch in the the midlands with rolling hills and pastures. Somewhere I could roam my land in riding boots and gingham sounds amazing as long as I was also unemployed.

[PatBenatar]

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC#2, 1st cycle after MC, CD 14

2. Testing this week? Not yet

3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms? I had a follow up Dr appointment today and all is back to normal so that's good. Also just found out my cousin who was adamant about not having kids, is unexpectedly pregnant. I hate being jealous.

4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? Bonus points for a PIP. I like where I live now (suburbs), but I would love to also have a beach house in the Caribbean to escape to in the winter.

[FishChicks]

Adora Belle Dearheart Here's an incredibly comprehensive review of things that impact male and female fertility. I believe there's a section on heat in there. It's an interesting read, if nothing else: link



kellikans So many hugs to you.



ashap Fingers crossed AF arrives soon. That's got to be so frustrating. Your doctor won't do anything to help?

1. TTC #1 since Oct '15, CD4 after 3rd loss

2. Nope. I have a saline sonohysterogram on the 6th, not going to bother testing before that.

3. Nothing here.

4. I want a place that's within an hour of a large city, but is somewhere with open spaces, trees, wildlife, water, and plenty of green space. I live in a suburb of Minneapolis now and it's great - trees, lakes, but close to the big city. I'd like to retire to somewhere on the coast in the Seattle area.

[bina]

1. TTC #2, cycle 6/I think since H has been home. CD 23.
2. Yes, Friday or Saturday. We had good timing so I'm hopeful.
3. I made an appointment with an re, my Dr said we can count my 6 months trying now and the 6 we tried before my H deployed, and he thinks it won't hurt to get things checked out.
4. I would love to live in northern CA near Shasta. We have family there and I miss mountains so much.

[bina]

kellikans I'm sorry

[ashap]

FishChicks Nothing they can do really, everyone seems to just chalk it up to longer than normal cycles.

[FishChicks]

Apr 27, 2016 11:12:55 GMT -5 Adora Belle Dearheart said:

Apr 27, 2016 4:44:31 GMT -5 FishChicks said:

Adora Belle Dearheart Here's an incredibly comprehensive review of things that impact male and female fertility. I believe there's a section on heat in there. It's an interesting read, if nothing else: link



kellikans So many hugs to you.



ashap Fingers crossed AF arrives soon. That's got to be so frustrating. Your doctor won't do anything to help?

1. TTC #1 since Oct '15, CD4 after 3rd loss

2. Nope. I have a saline sonohysterogram on the 6th, not going to bother testing before that.

3. Nothing here.

4. I want a place that's within an hour of a large city, but is somewhere with open spaces, trees, wildlife, water, and plenty of green space. I live in a suburb of Minneapolis now and it's great - trees, lakes, but close to the big city. I'd like to retire to somewhere on the coast in the Seattle area.

Thanks! But I can't find the link. 

Gah! Sorry, mobile. Here's the long, non-clickable version: www.ncbi.nlm.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717046/

[sterl724]

1. Where are you in your journey?
Ttc #1 since March 2015. Cycle 3 after loss, first cycle trying after loss.

2. Testing this week? Just opks. My body is a little out of whack - first cycle post loss was almost 60 days, but then the next one was 25 ) I'm almost always 29-29.) I'm hoping to get a positive opk this week.

3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms?
We are going to try this cycle, and then move on to trying to start the process of testing. (We hit a year in March during our loss). After 15 months, you'd think I'd know better than to get my hopes up, but for some reason I'm super positive this cycle. I'm sure I'm setting myself up for disappointment. But maybe being mentally positive will help.

4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? I grew up in a city, and now live and work in a rural area. I love the speed of things now, but miss the excitement of a city. I'd love to live near water though. Pretty much, I don't care/can't make a decision!

[konapoppy]

Love all the dream places to live!

1. TTC #1 since 2/14, 2 losses.
2. OPKs. We are doing another clomid +TI or IUI this round. My guess is I will get a + OPK on Sun and go in for a trigger.
3. I've been pretty down on the TTC front. I think this is Cycle 7 of actively trying since our last loss and I just want something to work.
4. I always go back and forth. Right now I am in the suburbs only 30 mins away from the city, and I see livestock every day on my drive to work. If I could live on the coast line in the PNW, I think that would be idea.

[Cioccolato]

1. Where are you in your journey? First month using OPKs, "trying" since January, #2

2. Testing this week? Tested positive this morning with OPK.

3. Any AW's, hair pats, randoms? I've gained 2lbs this week. Ugh.

4. Where is your ideal place to live? By the ocean? In a rural area? City? Suburbs? Bonus points for a PIP. Right now, closer to my family or H's family. I'm sad living 3,500 miles from mine and 1,200 from his. I would like to live in a bigger city though, with everything we need in walking distance and with good, temperate weather.