Any SMEPers!!!! 43 Testers! 22 BFP!!!!

[krystinab]

Hey ladies...so I am back from my appointment and I am stressed as ever!! So the RE thinks I have a mild case of PCOS...becasue my periods are all out of wak! She wants to do all this testing for me and Sean. After that comes the fun stuff, she doesnt think we need to go straight to an IUI, instead she wants me to do FSH injectibles and follicle monitoring....to make it even better my insurance doesnt cover SHIZNIT!! I was sobbing like a baby when I left! (I held my tears becasue I didnt want them to think I was a crazy)

Lisa, uhhh I love Ulta and fingernail polish!! Happy about the gush...hoping thats a good sign!

Army, glad your temp is going back up....

Jamie, I got a feeling you will have lil man before Christmas..

 

[jrowenj]

krystina - that stinks that insurance won't cover anyhting. do you think you are gonna still go through with it? sorry you're so stressed, hun

 

[snowflakes120]

I am so sorry you are feeling more upset after the appt Krystina. If you want to commiserate I completely understand. And believe me, I know about how insurance doesn't cover anything. None of my ultrasounds for follicle checks are covered and I've had 3 done just in 2 weeks time for this cycle. I am spending about $1,200 out of pocket for each 1 cycle of meds, blood work, all the appts and the actual IUI. It's pretty outrageous. The RE should have a financial counselor in house - ask if they can give you a "self-pay" discount at all. This would mean you would have to pay cash upfront before the service is done and you would get a discount. I can tell you right now those FSH injects are going to be reallly pricey - like hundreds of dollars. I'm very surprised about the PCOS diagnosis. I say at least go ahead with the testing to def know what your and/or hubby's issues are and go from there so you don't feel so overhelmed and you can decide whether you want to move forward with treatments. That should at least be covered depending on how she codes it... Sending you the hugest hugs across the miles...

 

[threemakefive]

Sorry it wasn't the news you wanted Krystina, but I will say I too am a PCOSer I found out after my first child and didn't have but 3 periods a year until the last year and a half I would have them do blood tests to check your Lh and FsH, the ratio of the to should be 1:1 but in pcos they come back differently at say a 2:1 or 3:1 reading...I would start there before anything else as you want to know for sure what you are dealing with! But I am proof even with PCOS (and I have it pretty badly) you can have a baby !!
What is your plan as of now?

 

[threemakefive]

Jaime my son is a dec. 29th baby, we were scheduled to be induced the 27th but dr held off and we went in the 29th for induction and I was already in labor and hadn't noticed lol It's not too bad, but I will say I always do birthdays completely seperate from christmas....I don't allow christmas wrapping paper to be used on his gifts either and I request that from everyone lol Also I try to stick to a theme for him and dont buy him things of the same theme for Christmas, like this year he wants transformers(thank goodness after 2 years of dino parties lol) so transformer toys are ONLY for his birthday not Christmas!! I bet you will go a bit early also!!

Lisa, that is definilty a symptom!!! EEEEK!!! Hope it is your sign!!

 

[jrowenj]

Jaime my son is a dec. 29th baby, we were scheduled to be induced the 27th but dr held off and we went in the 29th for induction and I was already in labor and hadn't noticed lol It's not too bad, but I will say I always do birthdays completely seperate from christmas....I don't allow christmas wrapping paper to be used on his gifts either and I request that from everyone lol Also I try to stick to a theme for him and dont buy him things of the same theme for Christmas, like this year he wants transformers(thank goodness after 2 years of dino parties lol) so transformer toys are ONLY for his birthday not Christmas!! I bet you will go a bit early also!!

Lisa, that is definilty a symptom!!! EEEEK!!! Hope it is your sign!!

thats a great idea!!! My husband is being difficult and saying hes glad baby is due near christmas because we can get away with less presents. I said there is NO WAY we are combining his bday with christmas!!! I just hope that it won't be difficult to get people together for his bday parties since its so close to christmas!

 

[threemakefive]

Jaime my son is a dec. 29th baby, we were scheduled to be induced the 27th but dr held off and we went in the 29th for induction and I was already in labor and hadn't noticed lol It's not too bad, but I will say I always do birthdays completely seperate from christmas....I don't allow christmas wrapping paper to be used on his gifts either and I request that from everyone lol Also I try to stick to a theme for him and dont buy him things of the same theme for Christmas, like this year he wants transformers(thank goodness after 2 years of dino parties lol) so transformer toys are ONLY for his birthday not Christmas!! I bet you will go a bit early also!!

Lisa, that is definilty a symptom!!! EEEEK!!! Hope it is your sign!!

thats a great idea!!! My husband is being difficult and saying hes glad baby is due near christmas because we can get away with less presents. I said there is NO WAY we are combining his bday with christmas!!! I just hope that it won't be difficult to get people together for his bday parties since its so close to christmas!

We do it a few weeks before as no one showed the first two years...then the day of we do cake at home and presents from us.

 

[Sunny skies]

Hey ladies...so I am back from my appointment and I am stressed as ever!! So the RE thinks I have a mild case of PCOS...becasue my periods are all out of wak! She wants to do all this testing for me and Sean. After that comes the fun stuff, she doesnt think we need to go straight to an IUI, instead she wants me to do FSH injectibles and follicle monitoring....to make it even better my insurance doesnt cover SHIZNIT!! I was sobbing like a baby when I left! (I held my tears becasue I didnt want them to think I was a crazy)

Lisa, uhhh I love Ulta and fingernail polish!! Happy about the gush...hoping thats a good sign!

Army, glad your temp is going back up....

Jamie, I got a feeling you will have lil man before Christmas..

Sorry about the news you got at your appointment. As shitty as it is, hopefully you can get the answers you need. Don't give up, I'm sure you and Sean will figure out what's best for you. Good luck.

 

[mammaspath]

krystina - boo for the appt........i hope the monitoring helps! if it gets you preggo than it will be well worth the mula!

so who is up for testing????

i need an opk at least!!!!
babydust to all the ladies!!!!

 

[mammaspath]

and..............im a cantaloupe!!!!!!!!! wahoo!!! halfway there!
and baby is kicking up a storm today! 7 days til scan

 

[BeverleyLN]

Thanks girls!! She's doing great we both are hopefully another couple of days and we'll be home

 

[jrowenj]

wow, amy.... time all of a sudden really sped up! I can't wait for your scan!

so, krystina is the next tester and then Lisa???

 

[snowflakes120]

I think Krystina was planning on testing after me. I'm not sure though. I think I am up next. I am testing Monday @ 12dpo. And I can't test earlier bc I had the HCG trigger shot and it will show a false positive. It takes like 10 or so days for it to leave your system.

I stayed up late watching a movie and forgot to do the Progesterone last night. Opps. I hope it doesn't mess things up for me - I really need to remember tonight. I also totally had a dream last night that I got my BFP but I wasn't sure if it was real bc the 2nd line was crooked and not straight... silly dreams!!!

 

[Hayaddie]

Ohhhh Cantaloupe sounds delish!

 

[krystinab]

Good morning ladies!!

Lisa, I think you should be ok with the one missed dose. Just dont forget it tonight! I really hope your are preggo!!

Amy, a cantelope whoop whoop!! I am excited for your scan, do you have a gender preference? How many boys/girls do you have now?

Bev, I know you and your new family are ready to come home! How are you feeling? Can you walk around?

AFM, I just spoke to the financial lady who really put me at ease. Since I will just be doing timed intercourse, medicaition and monitoring I should only be spending about $500/cycle...apparently my insurance will help pay for anyting thats "natural" but if I got an IUI or IVF I would have to pay for all treatment out of pocket. AF is due on Friday...I plan on testing on Monday if she doesnt show. But I have a sneaky suspicision she will be here on Friday! Lisa me and you baby! At least one of us need to get that BFP!!

 

[Kdk24]

Good Morning Ladies...

Bev... Congrats on yuor new addition! Glad to hear everything is going well for you and baby! Love the name!!

Lisa... Hurry up Monday! I think I get more excited for others to test than myself!

Krysten... Sorr your doctors appt. didn't go as well as you'd hoped! But on the bright side I know plenty of ladies who have gotten pregnant naturally with PCOS, one who was on birth control and had PCOS! How'd everything go with your sister?

Amy... Yay cantelope and scan!!! Do you have a preference for a boy or girl?

AFM... I'll be testing on Saturday! I'll only be 10dpo but what the heck, I know I can't hold off till af is due to arrive! I've been getting weird sharp pains in my bbs and pinching sensation in my ovaries. Hoping all of these are good signs but not getting my hopes too high!

 

[Sunny skies]

Amy, can't wait for your gender scan. Only one more week. Sorry Amy, no more OPK For me this cycle, they're stressing me out and I'm getting addicted to peeing on them.

Krystina, glad that you've sorted things out in case you don't get that BFP this cycle but hope this is your month and you won't need to.

Kd and Lisa, sending you Lots of

I'm only planning to test on the 21st so hope I see some BFP's from you ladies before that.

 

[armymama2012]

I'm convinced that I did actually O 4 days ago so I will mostly likely give in and test at 10 dpo which will be Monday for me too.After that I will wait til Thursday to test again. I am starting my grapefruit juice today.

If this cycle isn't successful, I will try baby aspirin and possibly another vitamin. Any suggestions for which other vitamin I should try with my aspirin?

 

[BamBamsMaMa]

Lisa - I hope you are preggo and having that much CM is totally a good sign!!

Kristina - Glad your talk with the financial advisor went well. Everything you are doing now is going to be so worthwhile when you finally hold your baby!

Afm - CD 17 and feeling a bit wet down there (sorry tmi). I had a dark but not positive OPK yesterday but today's was very light. Hopefully I will O in 3 days. One of my patients came in with her 3 month old baby boy and he is the cutest! I am so ready to be a mommy. Please let this be the month!!!!!

 

[krystinab]

Where the hell is everyone?!