State of Ute 10/22/2018

[jennistarr1]

1. Where are you at on this journey?

2. Any testing this week?

3. Randoms? Vents? AWs?

4. How are YOU feeling?

[jennistarr1]

1. TTC#2 since July 2017, CD 12
2. No, well actually a coworker gave me some ovulation test strips so I should try them
3. I won an award at school but I have to give a 45 minute lecture. I practiced on my coworkers...and I realized I still have A LOT more work I need to do. Exhausting
4. Okay...basically I have a foot in the door of considering that we may never have another child and that thought doesn't make me feel completely awful, on the other hand I really need to step up my "trying" game and probably see a fertility specialist. I'm 38 so even if that's my only contributing problem I'm sure they could still help.

[grace]

1. Where are you at on this journey?
TTC #2 cycle 4 cd20

2. Any testing this week?
Nope.

3. Randoms? Vents? AWs?
Not really. Excited for Halloween!

4. How are YOU feeling?
Icky. I'm just sad and grumpy and whiny. I feel like it's a negative this month and that everyone around me is pregnant.

[megstoo]

1. Where are you at on this journey?
ttc 1, CD9. saving up for IVF since another failed IUI and appt made at a new fertility clinic

2. Any testing this week?
nope

3. Randoms? Vents? AWs?
just got back from vacation to a bill from fertility clinic for 2k for a cyst aspiration. My EOB from insurance says I owe 1k. The clinic can't figure anything out and can't give me an answer WHY they're billing me twice the amount. After failed IUI's I think I'm moving onto another clinic. I love my dr and nurse there but their billing department is run with a bunch of monkeys who lack compassion. Pretty much blaming me for infertility. Trust me I didn't choose this for myself.

4. How are YOU feeling?
Truthfully I'm feeling really shitty. I was in a good mood coming back from vacation despite the horrible traffic, DH losing his glasses and the horrible food near the hotel and certainly didn't want to deal with the fertility clinic screwing up yet again.

[vmars]

1. Where are you at on this journey? Cycle 5, TTC #2, 4DPO
2. Any testing this week? I will probably test Sunday at 10 DPO
3. Randoms? Vents? Life has been pretty busy lately. Just need a relaxing day off.
4. How are YOU feeling? I am okay. If I do get pregnant this cycle I will be due at a bad time of year (our annual family vacation) but hoping maybe it could be moved a couple weeks until August if that does happen...we shall see.



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[elleblue]

1. Where are you at on this journey?

TTC #2 cycle 2, cd7

2. Any testing this week?

Will likely be using OPKs later this week. We're not quite seriously trying this month because we have a trip planned in early June (Hawaii for mt H's high school reunion) and I'd like to be able to go. Ideally we'll get pregnant in Dec, but obviously things don't work out so smoothly so we're keeping track early.


3. Randoms? Vents? AWs?

Adding to the above, part of me wishes we could just go ahead and be seriously ttc because I'm worried about conceiving since it took so long the first time. The logical part of my brain knows that 2 months is not really a long delay at all and that I'd be kicking myself if I was too pregnant for the trip. So I'm just trying to relax and get serious about it all in November.


4. How are YOU feeling?

Ok, not great. Feeling extra fat and blah and such, these past couple of months have been pretty stressful and it's, unsurprisingly, having an impact on me physically.

[aprilsails]

I’m jumping in (sort of)

1. Where are you at on this journey?
TTC #2, Cycle #1, CD5

2. Any testing this week?
I do temps so I’ll be looking to confirm O this month. Had my Mirena out 2 months ago but haven’t tracked a cycle yet since we were using condoms.

3. Randoms? Vents? AWs?
DH and I are still on the fence about trying this month. We are building a new home and should get possession next June. A baby in mid July doesn’t necessarily seem like the greatest idea ever, but we may still go for it.

4. How are YOU feeling?
I’m feeling great to be honest (other than the never ending head cold and allergies at this time of year). Having my Mirena removed has really impacted me- I have a serious sex drive and I’ve started dropping weight again (been counting calories for months and hit a long plateau). It’s kind of crazy to think I went three years without having any sex drive. DH is fairly shocked, poor guy.

[achi]

1. Where are you at on this journey? TTC #2, Cycle 5, CD 22, 3 DPO

2. Any testing this week? No, far too early

3. Randoms? Vents? AWs? It was our 6th wedding anniversary this weekend and we went back to the restaurant where we had our wedding reception which was nice. What was kind of odd was that our server actually thanked us for staying married and then proceeded to tell us all about her parents divorce.

4. How are YOU feeling? A bit anxious. I have a sneaking suspicion that there is a lot of scarring in my uterus because of the idiot that performed my c-section. It ended up getting infected which I’m sure didn’t help. I know we’re only 5 cycles in and I’m 4 years older than when we were TTCing our son but it’s a nagging thought I’ve head in my head this whole time. It took us 7 cycles to conceive DS so my general plan was to wait that long and then approach my doctor about looking into it. I’m about to be 34 in 2 weeks so I’m not that far from being a “geriatric mother.”

[chocolatelove]

1. Where are you at on this journey? My period returned last week, almost 8 weeks after my loss. So we can officially start trying for #2.

2. Any testing this week? Starting ovulation predictor kits tomorrow.

3. Randoms? Vents? AWs? I bought a different type of ovulation kit, and the more advanced one I had before told me I didn’t ovulate when I did get pregnant so this should be interesting. We also moved this weekend.

4. How are YOU feeling? Ok, I guess, all things considering. Work is a bit intense, I’m in grad school, we just moved, we still have projects to the old house to get it ready to sell, and we have 2 kids already (1 who lives with us full time, the other is here on the weekends). Plus, we are still adjusting to the high demands of DH’s new job. Still grieving a bit from the loss. So life is stressful, and I haven’t really been managing the stress well. It’s disorienting to be in a new house, but I am so relieved to be out of the old house that I have felt better yesterday and today. And I feel like I can get back to taking care of myself once things are a little more settled.