State of the Ute 4/9

[katespade]

1. Where are you in your journey?

2. Any testing this week?

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms?

4. Where do you plan/want to go on your next vacation?

[katespade]

1. Where are you in your journey?
TTC #1 since May 2017, Cycle 9, CD5, starting letrozole today.

2. Any testing this week?
OPKs starting on Saturday.

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms?
I'm feeling super nervous about taking the letrozole. I had a bad reaction to my dinner last night, so my stomach is sensitive and now I'm going to throw a new med at it. Fingers crossed that I don't have any GI issues, because I'm kind of freaking out about it. Emotionally, I don't do well with new meds.

4. Where do you plan/want to go on your next vacation?
We don't have anything planned, but H and I were talking about this over the weekend. He says he doesn't care, as long as it isn't California or anywhere in the desert. I just want to go somewhere warm. I'd really like to go to New Orleans, but I have no idea how to start with planning a trip. We've never been on an actual vacation together.

[blt08]

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2, Cycle 15-ish? CD9.

2. Any testing this week? Nah. Entering my FW. Had some *almost* EWCM this morning and my cervix is moving on down. Probably BD tomorrow and Thursday.

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? We're car shopping and I hate it.

4. Where do you plan/want to go on your next vacation? Probably Connecticut this summer to visit my aunt. We have lift passes for next season to for snowboarding so it'll be either Stowe or Colorado somewhere.

[kermit]

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2 cycle 7, CD10

2. Any testing this week? yes, monitor and OPK's. Going to temp this cycle - I hate temping!

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? Not much, just going to try to lock down my diet so I can reduce my belly a bit. Plus add some more walking. I don't do a lot of cardio but I should prob add a little more.

4. Where do you plan/want to go on your next vacation? Just made hotel and flight reservations for a mountain resort in Colorado! Very excited, we'll be there for a whole week. With an almost 4 year old but whatever. Still need to get a car reserved - I told SO he could do that but I'm sure he won't so I should just do it. I think we'll rent a Jeep for a day and go off-roading/try to make it up some of a mountain so we can climb the rest with DD.

[grover]

TTC#2 since May 2017
Nope
Went to the RE today for a consult. Saline sonohystogram tomorrow, rest of baseline testing next cycle. IUIs planned for June, July and August.
No vacations planned. We're going to visit MIL for two nights this weekend but that's not a vacation, and then NC for a family wedding, but that's a 14 hour drive one way over a long weekend and H isn't going with.

[megstoo]

1. Where are you in your journey?
TTC 1, Cycle 2, CD27

2. Any testing this week?
I'll test on Thursday, I'm trying to be optimistic but having 0 symptoms of a bfp

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms?
We have our first appointment with the RE on Thursday and truthfully I'm both excited and terrified at the same time

4. Where do you plan/want to go on your next vacation?
I'd like to go Niagara falls (Canada side). I have probably 20 free nights from hotels.com because of all the travel I had to book at my day job.  But it's not actually booked, we talked about it but I think a lot depends on how Thursday goes since insurance covers zip zero zilch.  

[seeyalater52]

1. TTC #1 for what feels like forever blah blah blah
2. No testing just anxiously awaiting my period so we can get this next/last IUI cycle started.
3. And AW and a vent. I haven’t shared yet on this board but my very long battle with insurance over their inane and discriminatory rule was resolved in my favor. Our next IUI is covered! I feel like a badass for forcing this and not giving up. Now to hope that IVF will also be covered should we need it. I’m also dreading the fight to come with my provider to get reimbursed for a package of out of pocket services we paid for when they insisted we wouldn’t have insurance coverage. I don’t want to be a dick and burn bridges but it’s thousands of dollars we spent because they couldn’t be bothered to submit a pre-authorization like I asked them to several times and now that they’re going to be paid by insurance I want my money back.
4. No specific dates yet but we are planning to go camping this summer with my sister and her husband and my dad at our childhood campground. I’m totally excited except for my fear that we will need to do IVF, which we would do this summer and which would potentially preclude travel. We have no sense of dates or timing at this stage so it’s impossible to plan. Just going to book something we all agree on and hope for the best. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[RITS]

1. TTC#2 since Jan 2018. 7DPO.

2. I’ll probably start tomorrow with cheapies because I just can’t help myself. DH has a SA on Thursday.

3. Met a friend’s 3 week old yesterday. I haven’t really spoken to her since she told me “at least you’re not dealing with an uncomfortable pregnancy” late last year.

4. I’m lazy and love to cruise or all inclusive. In reality we’re looking to rent a camper this summer. I don’t think it’s my thing but I’m willing to try it.

[pnwmama]

1. Trying to conceive #4 since Sept. Natural m/c in Nov. at 8 weeks CD 17

2. Positive OPK yesterday so hopefully our timing is right. Decided not to chart again because it stresses me out.

3. It’s been raining hard for the past couple weeks and I’m ready for some sunshine!

4. Our family has a few camping trips planned this summer. For our 5th anniversary in June, DH and I are going camping in Banff. It will be just the two of us so we’re pretty excited.

[jennistarr1]

Apr 9, 2018 18:46:31 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

1. TTC #1 for what feels like forever blah blah blah
2. No testing just anxiously awaiting my period so we can get this next/last IUI cycle started.
3. And AW and a vent. I haven’t shared yet on this board but my very long battle with insurance over their inane and discriminatory rule was resolved in my favor. Our next IUI is covered! I feel like a badass for forcing this and not giving up. Now to hope that IVF will also be covered should we need it. I’m also dreading the fight to come with my provider to get reimbursed for a package of out of pocket services we paid for when they insisted we wouldn’t have insurance coverage. I don’t want to be a dick and burn bridges but it’s thousands of dollars we spent because they couldn’t be bothered to submit a pre-authorization like I asked them to several times and now that they’re going to be paid by insurance I want my money back.
4. No specific dates yet but we are planning to go camping this summer with my sister and her husband and my dad at our childhood campground. I’m totally excited except for my fear that we will need to do IVF, which we would do this summer and which would potentially preclude travel. We have no sense of dates or timing at this stage so it’s impossible to plan. Just going to book something we all agree on and hope for the best. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm so happy!

[katespade]

Apr 11, 2018 7:37:47 GMT -5 suzv said:

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms?
I ordered my first round of ovulation sticks this morning. I'm crazy and double test each day with a wondfo, morning and night, and then use digital tests as well.

After my false +OPK last cycle, I'm going to be doing both wandfos and digital tests from now on, too. Temping is pretty unrealistic due to my ridiculous sleep schedule, and I can't handle the uncertainty of lines on the wandfos anymore. Having so many anovulatory cycles is hard enough for me emotionally, but to think I ovulated and find out I didn't is even worse.

[seeyalater52]

Apr 11, 2018 11:28:38 GMT -5 katespade said:

Apr 11, 2018 7:37:47 GMT -5 suzv said:

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms?
I ordered my first round of ovulation sticks this morning. I'm crazy and double test each day with a wondfo, morning and night, and then use digital tests as well.

After my false +OPK last cycle, I'm going to be doing both wandfos and digital tests from now on, too. Temping is pretty unrealistic due to my ridiculous sleep schedule, and I can't handle the uncertainty of lines on the wandfos anymore. Having so many anovulatory cycles is hard enough for me emotionally, but to think I ovulated and find out I didn't is even worse.

I think I’ve said this before but I only use digitalis at this point. They’re accurate for me (confirmed a few times with temping) and I dont have patience for line interpretation.

[katespade]

Apr 11, 2018 11:52:18 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Apr 11, 2018 11:28:38 GMT -5 katespade said:

After my false +OPK last cycle, I'm going to be doing both wandfos and digital tests from now on, too. Temping is pretty unrealistic due to my ridiculous sleep schedule, and I can't handle the uncertainty of lines on the wandfos anymore. Having so many anovulatory cycles is hard enough for me emotionally, but to think I ovulated and find out I didn't is even worse.

I think I’ve said this before but I only use digitalis at this point. They’re accurate for me (confirmed a few times with temping) and I dont have patience for line interpretation.

I figure I'll use the wandfos until I start getting close to positives, then I'll switch over to digitals to confirm. Since I have no idea what the letrozole is going to do, I don't want to waste too many digitals if I end up starting to take them way before I actually O (or if I don't O at all).

[jennistarr1]

1. Where are you in your journey? TTC#2 Since July 2017, BFP 3/17/18 but empty sac found 4/9/18...waiting to pass everythin

2. Any testing this week? No

3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? My daughter's 3rd birthday was a success!

4. Where do you plan/want to go on your next vacation? I really want to try Asheville, NC. We'll probably do Ocean City, MD for summer vacation and maybe Busch Gardens.