Friday April Fools

[kristind3]

I hate April Fool's Day. I'm hoping there aren't any fake pregnancy announcements that pop up today. Other then that, I'm just ready for the weekend. I've been crampy all week, but still no AF. Wish it would just hurry up and start.

What's going on today ladies?

[starryfish]

I'm sitting at the RE office waiting for my ultrasound to clear me to start this cycle. Fingers crossed everything is ok and we can cycle!!!

[kristind3]

GL starryfish!

[awick14]

starryfish- good luck.

kristind3- I hope there is no fake announcement on FB. I posted a friendly reminder to not do that on Facebook last night.

[starryfish]

No cysts so I'm clear to start!!! So glad I'm not delayed again!!!

ETA: I'm still waiting to be cleared by Doctor since I was supposed to do surgery before doing another IUI. Ugh I hope she clears me!

[thoseareradishes]

Yay starryfish!

[oneslybookworm]

YAY starryfish!!

Yeah, I actually had a friend who got into an argument with someone on her FB post about how pretending to be a Trump supporter is even worse than fake pregnancy announcements. Someone was like, "that must be so hard to people who have been trying for a long time," and she was all, "well...it's not always about you, and not everyone knows your struggles so it's not like they're trying to be mean, so it's no big deal." I just shook my head and considered unfollowing her. She got pregnant in a hot second and has ZERO idea. She was saying she knew what it was like while she was married to her first husband and would cry at night wanting a family, but they were never actively trying to get pregnant!

Nothing much here...so glad it's Friday! I have to head up north tomorrow morning to visit my dad in the nursing home, then back to home for a Girls' Night with friends. Tomorrow is going to suck...ugh.

[konapoppy]

Yay for Friday!!!

My opks are so far from positive that I am 90% sure I will need to go in Monday for my surge sono. I was hoping to get it out of the way over the weekend. Oh well!

[awick14]

oneslybookworm- that sounds like my SIL. "Just because you are having trouble doesn't mean I can't talk about how easy it was for me." There's a time and a place lady! Urg!

I am working today. I have lots of stuff to do so we will see how today goes.

[awick14]

Apr 1, 2016 9:24:32 GMT -5 @daylily said:

Apr 1, 2016 8:53:41 GMT -5 awick14 said:

oneslybookworm - that sounds like my SIL. "Just because you are having trouble doesn't mean I can't talk about how easy it was for me." There's a time and a place lady! Urg!

(devil) rage.  Especially for your history. I don't know how you haven't killed her yet.

Me neither. :/

[oneslybookworm]

awick14, agreed...I'd lose my shit with her. I nearly lost my shit with my "friend" on FB, then decided she was going to believe whatever the hell she wanted to, and my saying anything won't change it. It will, however, limit the interaction I have with her, because I don't need that nonsense in my life.

[starryfish]

Apr 1, 2016 9:24:32 GMT -5 @daylily said:

Apr 1, 2016 8:53:41 GMT -5 awick14 said:

oneslybookworm - that sounds like my SIL. "Just because you are having trouble doesn't mean I can't talk about how easy it was for me." There's a time and a place lady! Urg!

(devil) rage.  Especially for your history. I don't know how you haven't killed her yet.

Ugh I am so sorry. That is so incredibly insensitive and rude! My coworkers (that know we are TTTC) talk about their children all day long....I had a hard time overhearing all their talk yesterday bc all I could think was AT least you HAVE children! AND one of them constantly talks about how she got PG on the first try. RAGE!

[ilovecandy]

Do yesterday I started feeling like shit. Thi morning I made a Dr appointment. I thought it was a sinus infection turns out it was strep. No April fools it is truly strep. The rapid test turned positive in like 2 minutes the nurse was all that was super fast. Yay me. They also gave my husband a zpak I did the shot (he couldn't do the shot due to his medicine allergies).

Also went to my Dr earlier this week. They can't tell about ovulation. They took my blood. However when they called I was at work and my voicemail.box was full so I finally called them this morning and my ovulation was negative on tuesday. We are waiting a cycle for my body to get back to normal before doing fet.

Oh I also got a fitbit.

[oneslybookworm]

ilovecandy - well, while the rest of it sucks, at least the fitbit is fun! (silver lining)

[King26]

Aprilfools day at a school sucks but so far it hasn't been too bad. The 4th grade teacher got her kids sooooo good with a pan of "brown E's". They were so mad but I thought it was hilarious. Good times. Going to a lularoe party tonight so it should be interesting

[kellikans]

Had another monitoring appointment this morning and we are a go for transfer next Friday! Hopefully third time's the charm!

[shauni27]

kellikans, that is great news!!

No fake announcements on my feed, but two birth and one real pregnancy announcement. Punch in the gut, mostly because we are on pause with treatments until I have a job.

Other than that I am down a bit of weight with WW and I went to crossfit this am and did my own WOD. Heading over again in a few hours with a friend to do a different WOD and then double date tonight

[starryfish]

kellikans, awesome!!!!!!

I got the call from the RE...we are GO for IUI cycle!!!!!!! WOOHOOOOO! I dont think I could handle being delayed for the third cycle in a row!!!!!!

[awkwardpenguin]

Yay starryfish!!!

I think today might be CD1. I hate not being able to tell! I go in Monday for baseline and then start BCPs to prepare for IVF.

[awkwardpenguin]

Great news kellikans!

[Mushe]

Hi guys! I've been totally MIA for the move...much like my period. If it takes any longer, I'm going to have to push IVF back until after Maui. Bummer. HUGE bummer.

So, tell me if I'm being unreasonable - we had to pay a large deposit for IVF which covered our deductible plus the uncovered stuff (OR fee, etc.) which is about $1500, so $5k. Then I met my deductible by paying for meds for IVF 1, which I knew I would. I was also almost at OOP Max with my copay after deductible, so I'm expecting most of that $3500 back from them. I got an email to pay for IVF 2 now - the uncovered parts. What? Come on lady. I emailed her back, and she says IVF 1 isn't finalized so I need to pay for #2 and I'll get it back. It's just annoying for them to hold our money hostage for so long. Can't she call my insurance? Am I being unreasonable?

[thoseareradishes]

That's so annoying Mushe. My clinic pulled the same crap with me - my financial person would not give me an itemized list so I could understand why we were giving them so much money, because she didn't know how much the insurance would cover. But we only had so much left from insurance, so she could figure it out pretty easily. She gave me some BS about it not being an exact science - um, yes, it's math, it is exact. I'm so glad I have a new person now, because she is awesome.

Anyway, insurance probably is holding everything up, so I'd probably just bitch about it but pay up and wait for a refund. I got a refund from my first clinic months later. Insurance does not seem to move things along very quickly.

[Mushe]

Grr, that's annoying, thoseareradishes! They at least give me a detailed list of what they charge insurance, and it's based on a contracted rate, so I guess that's what insurance pays, but that's before you get to the deductible and OOP Max stuff. Blah.

[grover]

H is not a genetic carrier for the syndrome I am a carrier for! So yay! Any kids will still have a chance of being a carrier like me, but that's better than the alternative!


Also, we leave for Mexico bright and early tomorrow! Another YAY!

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Great news starryfish, enjoy the cruise!
Yay grover! I am so jealous of all the vacas here. Nothing for us until June aside from maybe a weekend trip.
Mushe- I got a bill for $450 for my HSG but met my deductible when I paid my meds around the same time, so I think something got crossed. I keep forgetting to call the insurance company, my financial office wanted me to do the investigating too. Ugh. Yours is obviously more and with moving and all that is annoying!
kellikans- woooohooooo!!!

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(((shauni27)))- congrats on the weight loss though.

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We installed our raised garden beds today and had soil delivered. It might be a few more weeks before we plant though since it will be 30/40s. Wth Spring?

[Chrysanthemum]

Great news starryfish and kellikans!
What are you going to plant @bigredgum?
LOL at "brown E's" King26!

TGIF. We've been PARCC testing all week. Thankfully it is going pretty smoothly. I'm still waiting to hear about an appointment for my promotion interview. In TTTC news, I started Vivelle and Lupron today. We're under 3 weeks until FET! For now, I've decided I'm not telling anyone the exact date, I'm too afraid. Also, we'll get the first beta the day before my birthday. Yikes, that could go badly. Also, this month marks our 3 year anniversary of TTC.

[kellikans]

Chrysanthemum my beta is two days before my birthday. I was really afraid it was going to be the day of. At least I can have time to process if it doesn't work. It's either going to be a very happy birthday or a really really shitty one.

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Chrysanthemum- the garden is an experiment this year. I'm a total newb, but we have 5 4x4 beds, so I'm thinking tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, peppers, onions, strawberries, green beans, spinach. The success of plants this year will dictate what I plant next year. ;-) I did not plan ahead far enough to do my own seedlings, so my plan depends on what is available at the nursery/what works well from seed. I need to spend the weekend googling so this is not a total failure, so if anyone has resources please share!