TTC check in 18 March

[changedname]

Morning ladies! Hope it is a bit more spring-like for you guys than it is here! brrrrr.

1) What is your status?

2) Anything coming up this week?

3) Do you believe in lucky charms/talisman? I was just reading a post on TB about lucky charms for ivf. Did you/will you wear anything special for your IF treatments/tests? (lucky socks, pants etc).

[changedname]

1). Anxiously waiting for AF, day 7 of suprefact. The shot is so easy now I have followed everyone's advice and hold the syringe at an angle! Thank you!!!!

2) I have my suppression/day 0 check on Friday. I really hope AF has come by then so I can start stims. I have acupuncture tonight and going to ask him to do voodoo stuff to make af come.  He seems to be able to every time I get my hopes up that I was pg - as soon as I leave the office AF comes!

3) The post on TB really made me think I should take something of my mum's to my ER. She passed away when I was 10. I wore her purse at my wedding and I think I'll wear something of hers for my IVF cycles. Also I got some "luck of the irish" shamrock socks that I will wear.

[G22]

1. CD 8

2. I have a 3rd ultrasound to see about my cyst tomorrow. This one will hopefully reveal what type it is, and what to do to get rid of it. So until that's taken care of, everything else is on hold. I also have a recheck on my prolactin levels Wed. They were elevated last time it was checked.

3. No not really. Just lots of praying it will eventually happen!

[discogranny]

1) CD13 today, cycle 26. I had wicked EWCM yesterday, so I assume I am back to my old regular schedule cycle-wise. It was a little emotional for me, which is lame because I mean, come on, it's just ovulation. I think it was just that my body does what it is supposed to do every single month without fail but still betrays me by not being able to get pregnant naturally or sustain a pregnancy.

2) Nothing exciting, some local evening meetings for work...lame.

3) I have a pair of fuzzy Christmas socks that I wore for every major appointment during IVF. It was a little funny because my mom gave them to me Christmas 2011 and I wore them for my HSG in Jan. and then never again. Due to our schedule for IVF, it was holiday season 2012, so they were appropriate again.

[lola]

CD2 - I started my period last night.

I am having my follow up appointment (post blood work, SA, HSG) today at 2:30. My H is going with me. I'm just hoping for any kind of answer/plan, but my guess is just a referral to a RE.

I believe in doing just about anything* you have to do to make yourself feel better. I don't think that not shaving your beard, washing your socks, or changing your sheets will actually win you the Super Bowl but if that's what it takes to keep you in the right frame of mind to play to your highest level, then more power to you.

Same with TTC/IVF treatments. If women feel better wearing the same pants for each visit, more power to 'em. I doubt it will have any impact on the results of the treatments, but at this point it the game whatever you need to do to keep your spirits up is what you should be doing.

Oh! I'm going to Add this - I got a hair cut and color this weekend!

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*short of hurting another person/thing, etc etc. anything w/in reason!

[discogranny]

lola - looks great! I love the side-smirk/smile you have going on...you look a lot like your avatar!

[changedname]

Yes, lola - love the hair and sorry that AF showed up. Good luck this afternoon!

[sonrisa]

1. 13 dpo and spotting. So I'm out but not yet on the next cycle. 
2. When my period starts, I get to call the RE about a hsyerosomething something (dye in the uterus to check on my fibroid and everything else)
3. Not really.  I've been singing "I've got peace like a river" to myself to try and stay calm though. Although, I believe strongly in the placebo effect.  Anything that helps, helps.

[lola]

Thanks ladies! I never know what face to make in pictures I take of myself. lol.

sonrisa - good luck with the HSG. It's a pretty easy test. It was quick (maybe 10 minutes from start to finish) and not super painful at all.

[changedname]

sonrisa - yes the HSG is over before you know it. Make sure you take an ibuprofen 30 mins before. I actually took 1 ibuprofen and 1 excedrin to cover all bases.

My RE gave me the results then and there which was nice. Good luck!

[G22]

Love the hair lola!

[mae141]

1.) Started stims on Saturday! The Menapur really hurts going in. I'm also on Lovenox now, and I've seen the bruising get worse the last day which I imagine is from that. I'm also taking sooo many pills every day- mostly vitamins and supplements. This is a full time job at this point. 

2.) Go in on Wednesday for my first monitoring appointment. Hopefully everything will be good, and then I'll be adding Ganirelix to the mix. 

3.) I kind of do, I guess. I have a Pandora bracelet that all my friends contributed to, so I feel like that's lucky because it reminds me of how loved I am. I also have a bracelet from my grandpa and a ring my mom gave me as a teenager that I like to wear for luck. I'm not sure if I actually am lucky when I wear them, but they are special so I wear them when I feel like I might need a little something extra to hold me up. 

[sonrisa]

Thanks, iced and lola :-)

[KaraOrNot]

1) What is your status? Month 19? CD 27

2) Anything coming up this week? I need to follow up w/ my RE again to get our final test results. They said they would call, but I haven't heard anything. It is annoying, because they are open limited hours and it is hard to call from work. Plus, I tend to put it out of my mind at work and keep forgetting. But seriously, if you say you will call me, call me.

3) Do you believe in lucky charms/talisman? I was just reading a post on TB about lucky charms for ivf. Did you/will you wear anything special for your IF treatments/tests? (lucky socks, pants etc). Probably not. I am way to cynical for this kind of thing. I do think that wearing something of your mom's is nice


Sorry about AF, lola. I love the bangs.

sonrisa - I was really nervous about the HSG, but it was no big deal. Good luck!

[bronxgirl]

CD1 for me. I'm dissapointed but not too surprised. If extensive fertility tx isn't going to work I don't know why old fashioned sex will, but I keep hoping. I've already told H when we have to start having timed sex again.

[BNL2]

1. CD 13
2. Mid-cycle ultrasound tomorrow. IUI 2 will probably Wed. or Thurs.
3. I don't really believe in lucky charms, so we have none for our IF treatment.

[jewel]

Morning ladies! Hope it is a bit more spring-like for you guys than it is here! brrrrr. It was 80 degrees here today

1) What is your status? TTC since Oct 2011, 5dpo (with IUI)

2) Anything coming up this week? Just a lot of anxiety, waiting to see if the IUI worked. The doctor gives us a 5% chance, which is really nothing to hold my breath over.

3) Do you believe in lucky charms/talisman? I was just reading a post on TB about lucky charms for ivf. Did you/will you wear anything special for your IF treatments/tests? (lucky socks, pants etc). Not really, but I did wear my sexiest underpants to the IUI. Who doesn't wear sexy underpants when they're trying to make a baby? ;-) Maybe I need a lucky charm. I'll take a lucky anything at this point.

[discogranny]

Mar 18, 2013 20:40:01 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

CD1 for me. I'm dissapointed but not too surprised. If extensive fertility tx isn't going to work I don't know why old fashioned sex will, but I keep hoping. I've already told H when we have to start having timed sex again.

I know that anecdotal stories don't really make things better, but my aunt had secondary IF caused by endo and after failed 4 failed IUIs and 2 failed IVFs they decided to just let go and be happy being parents to one. A couple of years later they welcomed a son. Like I said, I know it doesn't help, but don't give up that hope.

[degal99]

1) CD 40. I think I "skipped" this month since, even though 40 days is relatively normal for me, I felt the hormonal changes and broke out and did all that fun stuff and have that "down" feeling now with a period.

2) Since, I don't know when my cycle will start, and the last time I went without a period for an extended period of time, I needed a jump start. I may wait another week and then talk to my RE about provera.

3) No lucky charms, but I always thought if I thought about something a lot, it would happen. So, can thinking be a lucky charm?