1. Where are you in your journey? Currently TTA after a loss. I'm two weeks post D&C and the bleeding/spotting has finally stopped! Also, I swear I felt ovulation pains on my left side last week. I'm hoping that means I get my period soon so I can start charting again.
2. Testing this week? Nope.
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? I was feeling super jealous and angry over the weekend when a couple of people I know announced their pregnancies. I then felt bad for feeling so jealous. I'm now trying to make an effort to not compare my situation to anyone else and to focus on me.
4. Favorite summer activity Lounging by the pool or on my patio!
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC since fall '13, CD2 of our Hail Mary double IUI (IUI#2) before IVF, starting femara tomorrow
2. Testing this week? Newp. Had my baseline US and BW this morning if that counts?
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? CD1-3 hurt from my thighs to my boobs, just everything hurts, every month, gassy and bloated and sore and it's SUPER fun. The NP this morning couldn't find my left ovary for a couple of minutes and she's like "WOW you're so gassy!"
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Also damn if I'm not going to get my hopes up for this IUI. The odds are against us, we're only doing it to appease H, we truly should move on to IVF. I'm gonna get all excited and CD1 is going to screw me up again.
4. Favorite summer activity Camping and hiking and swimming I love summer so much!!
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC#2 since Oct '12, 3 losses, CD 20, 2 DPO
2. Testing this week? Nope
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? I think I'm 2 DPO. I did they a very clear positive OPK but it was one of those that was really close and hard to read. I continue to test and all the other tests were lighter. I go tomorrow to confirm O.
4. Favorite summer activity- all of them! We have a season pass to the waterpark here so DD and I go almost everyday. Also love grilling outside, summer drinks, and spending lots of time outside having fun.
1. Where are you in your journey? Cycle 10, CD 17, 1 loss back in January
2. Testing this week? Just opks. I expect to ovulate sometime this weekend.
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? I'm more hopeful this month that we will be able to get timing right. I've been pretty good about eating low carb and I'm hoping that might help some too.
4. Favorite summer activity I'm hoping to spend lots of time at the pool!
Post by oneslybookworm on May 13, 2015 13:17:22 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? - cycle 28, CD17, 3DPIUI
2. Testing this week? - No. We leave for Key West next Wednesday, so I'll probably test that morning, 10DPIUI
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? - This is our second IUI, and I feel like I'll be really upset if it doesn't work. We had such a perfect response (great lining, 3 mature follicles, good timing). If this doesn't get us pregnant, what will!?
4. Favorite summer activity - I love going out on the lake on a pontoon, and we tend to travel a lot during the summer.
1. Where are you in your journey? - TTC#1 since January 2014, CD5
2. Testing this week? - Nope
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? - I started Clomid today. I will also supplement with progesterone after ovulation is confirmed. I talked to my doctor about monitoring during clomid and she was on board with that.
4. Favorite summer activity - camping! H and I have a camper and plan to spend a lot of time in it this summer!
Post by callmehales on May 13, 2015 16:31:57 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1 since Jan 2014
2. Testing this week? we're on hold until august when we start IVF#1
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? i found out last week that my sister is probably moving 2 hours away in the next few months. i feel bad for my mom that her 1st grandchild won't be close by....and secretly thrilled that if IVF works, her 2nd one will be.
4. Favorite summer activity floating around my friend's pool and drinking redneck sangria, aka cheap sweet red wine mixed with cran-pom juice and frozen strawberries. IVF limbo also means not feeling bad about indulging in said activity this summer!
3. I'm starting OPKs on Friday (CD10) and seeing if the clomid makes me O earlier then normal. It will be weird trying to work sex into this long weekend with camping and everything.
4. Camping, dirt biking, atving. Just being outside.
1. TTC #1 since December 2013; IVF cycle #1, prepping for FET 6/3
2. nope
3. found out a friend is pregnant on Mother's Day. I got upset, and DH tried to tell me that I should be happy for them. he still doesn't understand how difficult it is to find out that others are pregnant. I told him to let me be upset and process everything. I really don't want to see them because then I have to do the whole fake happy-for-you thing. I hate how IF makes me so angry and jealous towards those who are pregnant.
4. we do a lot of weekend trips in the summer, so it's always something to look forward to.
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.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2 since 3/2014, two losses, 5dpiui.
2. Testing this week? I usually have an 11ish day LP, and plan to test on Monday (10dpiui)
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? Meh, I am trying to not be too hopeful, since nothing else has worked so far!
4. Favorite summer activity I love love love to just hang out outside. We have a nice pergola, and our DS likes to play outside. Add in some peach sangria and BBQ, and I'm golden.
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.
2. Testing this week? Not unless I don't get AF in the next few days. We stopped timing when I learned I need to take May and June off for my surgery.
3. Thoughts, vents, etc.? No vents. I've been busy at work but in a good way. Loving our new house/neighborhood!
4. Favorite summer activity? I love taking our dog to parks, hiking, to the lake, visiting wineries. We don't have a beach trip planned this year, but we'll definitely head out to the mountains this year. One of the best things about our city is that we're an hour from the Blue Ridge Mountains and an hour and a half from the beach, so it's easy to find stuff to do in the summer. We got bikes last year so hopefully we can get a lot of use out of them.
2. already tested w/wondfos, BFN - I'm not out yet but we'll see.
3. I felt pinching/cramping two nights ago so of course I convinced myself it was implantation.
4. I've never been a huge summer person (probably b/c my pale skin & sun burn), but I'm really looking forward to taking my DS to the beach where I grew up.
((kellikans)) I think men are better at being able to not be jealous of something someone else has. As my DH always tells me "them being pregnant doesn't have any impact on us trying."
He does now just let me stew in my anger/disappointment without saying much now.
1. 4 losses, Cycle #depressing, 5DPO 2. Nope. I usually test early, but I won't bother this cycle. I've been having mega problems with spotting (and not the implantation kind) a week before AF, and I'm hoping further RPL testing next month will identify a cause. 3. I've decided that I hate that this is referred to as a 'journey' (not awick's fault, everybody uses the term). It's something I see on grief websites, too. No, this is not a journey. This is a big pile of suck. A journey implies adventure, it implies gaining something at the end. It implies there IS an end. I sure as hell haven't gained anything from my loss and grief, and there's no guarantee I'm going to gain a living child in future. I realise this is super dark. It's been a shitty week at Casa Loira. 4. London has about 3 seconds of summer lol. I like sitting in pub gardens and drinking beer. Not sure that qualifies as an 'activity'. When/if we move back to Canada, I love going to the beach and to the lake. I love barbecued cedar plank salmon. Summer is basically way more amazing there.
Two weeks ago I cried all over H because I feel the same way about this 'journey' (minus the loss; I'm so sorry about that) and we're not even a year into this TTC business although we're getting close.