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[kfs1]

Doxie - Sorry that the witch came. Hope you had a glass of wine or some chocolate or something last night.

Galvan/Book - Glad your interviews went well! Hope you both hear back soon. Fx fx fx!

Taurus - Happy to hear that you're feeling better!

Terri - So, you have to wait for AF until you can move forward? I don't know why I thought you had an appt yesterday...?

Spud - YES. I had EWCM a few days ago so I was expecting to O sooner but I guess it was just a fluke. I haven't seen ANYTHING on my OPKs. I use the clearblue advanced, the ones where you get the flashing smileys, and there has been nothing so far. Maybe we'll be O buddies.

 

[terripeachy]

kfs1-Hey there, honey bunny. I had my appointment on Monday. you know how when you finish your active BCPs you usually get your period? Well, I finished after two weeks so I THOUGHT she would be coming, but so far, nada. I'm feeling a little icky, so I'd imagine I'm going to get some bleeding, but maybe after two weeks, there is not enough lining to shed. Who knows?? I'm still starting my injections on Friday, and the nice nurse called and said everything is fine, so I'm just going with the flow. I did fill out a rebate form for my meds, so I get $500 back. Great savings-not, but cheapskate Terri will take it. hee hee. Hopefully they will rebate the money quickly.

What is going on with your body? I thought you were about to O too. Keep testing. Maybe tomorrow will be the day. Are you BD'ing yet? i would, just in case you get those crosshairs tomorrow for some odd reason.

 

[kfs1]

Terri - I CANNOT believe that you had to paid for your meds out of pocket. Did you find out if any of it will possibly be covered? So ridiculous how expensive they are. I hear you about the BCPs. I was on them right before my uterus surgery but apparently they did nothing for me. I'm so happy that you start injections on Friday though. YAY! Your BFP is almost here!

And yes, I'm totally on the BDing just in case. But I'm trying to do the every other day thing this time around so we don't wear ourselves out.

Oh - and here's our update from the urologist. We will be moving forward with surgery and it won't be coded under fertility. But I will also be moving forward with IVF once I figure out my insurance. We can't schedule the surgery until one of my DHs breaks because he can't take any time off. Plus, once the surgery is done, it can take up to a year to see improvements. I don't have that kind of time ladies!

 

[Spudtastic]

Hi kfs - yeah I was thinking someone to test with in a couple of weeks I have a longer cycle and o late so using opks to confirm that this cycle. I'm using a new Zealand brand. Tests are quite expensive here. The clear blue ovulator test is $75 for a small pack...thats just about 40 quid. So the tests I have come up with two lines.

Doxie - sorry that you're out

The baby scan pics are cute. It's amazing when you see that 13 week scan when your belly is flatish but there's a person in there

 

[GalvanBaby]

Hi ladies! I went to the dr today. The ob/gyn said she believes that I was in fact pregnant, and that I have a blood cyst. My CA-125 was down to normal, my AF was horrible this time, and my HPTs are now negative.

TMI AF info:

Spoiler

TMI: AF was: Night before AF, major cramps on right side felt like cyst pains. CD1-2 medium flow horrible cramping CD3: had a HUGE clot that was at least 3-4 inches wide. After the clot passed the cramping weakened, but I started heavy bleeding and had tons of clots. CD 4-5 still heavy bleeding and tons of clots; CD6: heavy bleeding some clots; CD7-8 medium flow some clots; CD9 medium flow; Cd10-11 spotting Cds 12-14 nothing; Cds 15-18 spotting.

The u/s tech left early, she was sick so no u/s today. My CA-125 went from 56.9 to 32 and less than 34 is normal. I did an HPT this morning and it was negative. She compared all of my medical history from my BFP to now, and said she believes that I was pregnant and that it was not viable. She said that I probably have a hemmorhagic cyst that could have started out as the corpus lutem cyst, but turned into a blood filled cyst. She said the pain could have been the cyst bursting. She said there is no need to rush an u/s due to my low CA-125 test, so we scheduled it for Oct. 30. She also believes that I might have slight endo, but I don't get why she woudl say that when she hasn't done any tests to confirm that.

 

[Spudtastic]

Hi Galvan. Sorry to hear about your experience with the pregnancy I hope you keep well.

 

[Spudtastic]

Just got a postive on my opk (I think...line was as dark as the test line but it took five minutes to come up). I know what I'm doing tonight

 

[somedayisnow]

Spuds, good job on the opk. Tonight, do it like it's your job and you're up for a promotion?

Galvan, sorry to hear about your previous BFP. Did the doctor think the cysts will come back? Also congratulations on your graduation. Your new job is just around the corner!

Bookwrmgal, I would imaginary fight you for a caramel apple, right now. To the death.

Doxie,

moni, your betas are crazy high. Your little one to be is basically a superhero.

Kbrain, how sweet that your little boy is now walking. He must be racing around the house by now.

Taurus, sorry about the nausea but your second wind is coming...slowly...but it's coming.

kfs1, my doctor does that too. He tries to code things as anything but fertility so that my insurance will cover it. Too bad he can't do that with IVF.

Shout out to all the fine ladies that I missed. I'll just be over hear hoping for all our BFPs.

afm, I had me pre-op today. I have to say I can't wait to get the surgery over with. I'm tired of having this thing in me. Time to cut it out so that I can move on. I also had to pay my co-pay for the surgery and it was only $100. I crap on my insurance because it doesn't cover fertility but at least I'm lucky enough to have insurance that won't bankrupt me when I need to get a giant cyst removed. I wish the this truth was the same for everyone.

 

[Spudtastic]

Somedayisnow - love the analogy. I couldn't stop laughing

But I've just had an argument with dh. Can you believe it. We hardly ever row. Grrrr.

 

[kfs1]

Spud - Hope you got some BDing in even though you were arguing. I STILL haven't gotten a positive OPK, but judging from my temps, I think I'm just past O. We'll see if they stay up over the next few days. I have never NOT had a positive on the OPKs but I have heard that some people have to test twice a day to catch their surge...? Who knows?? I'll be happy if my temps stay up and luckily, I got a few BDing sessions in.

Galvan - I'm so sorry about the pregnancy. Does this mean that you no longer need surgery?

Someday - Happy that you're moving forward with your surgery soon. I know you want to get things moving!

 

[terripeachy]

Galvan-Yeah, so what does all this really mean?

Spud-Sorry about the row. Hopefully you made up just long enough to get prego! hee hee.

someday-$100 isn't bad. Insurance is so wonky. Sometimes things are super cheap and others, they are just over the top expensive. Glad you have it though.

I volunteered for the animal shelter yesterday as a check-in person for this happy hour social thing, and as I was walking to my car, I saw a candy shop, and they had all sorts of covered apples; caramel, chocolate with nuts, candy. I was going to go in and take a picture, but I thought google works just as well. Sorry Taurus/Bookwrmgal. hee hee. I would have bought one had I gone inside, but with being sick, I could hardly taste/enjoy it, so no sense buying it. I have the willpower of a flea (?), and that's why I don't shop regularly. Do fleas have willpower?

I was fake crying the blues this morning to my husband about my shots starting today. I was like 'NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo.' hee hee. He will be home between 7-9 tonight to supervise me. But, this is the last time I'm doing this (in September) so I will suck it up.

Hope everyone has a great day and a great weekend. I'm going to start temping again tomorrow too so you'll have another wackadoodle chart to very soon.

 

[Doxie]

Today I am doing the Day 3 blood testing. My DH is also getting lucky with the magic cup. We're doing semen analysis as well. He's at our GP getting a checkup and making his way to have blood taken. He's having a big donation day today!

 

[Bookwrmgal]

Someday - Let us hope we will not have to resort to dueling for caramel apples Glad the surgery day is coming up soon!

Spud- hope you had some make up BD (although that never happens with DH and I even though I would like to heehee)

Terri- ohhhh that shop sounds amazing right now. My friend is at Disney today and I am sure she is indulging in all sorts of custom made caramel apples

Kfs- It might have been a short surge that you missed on the OPK

Galvan - so what does all of this mean for you and TTC?

AFM - Not much going on. online chat interview screen Monday morning. Going to see the new Godzilla movie at a friend's tomorrow. Hoping to get some reading in. Really hoping DH has his "cranky pants" off this week because he's been barely tolerable. Oh and I am patiently waiting for the bladder activity to calm down now that I am in my 2nd tri. Every 2 hours last night! and I stopped drinking 2.5hrs before bed!

 

[moni77]

might have started the morning sickness last night - headache turned into serious nausea - thought I wouldn't make it home. I didn't throw up at all, but sure felt like it was coming...

 

[Rainshiny]

Hi all!
Been stalking but didn't have time to reply.

Sorry, Doxie! Good luck with Day 3s!

Moni, you sure you're not having twins???? That one-a could've split into a two-a... I had to do vag and shot progesterone with my FET--ugh! Terri, you sound like you're enjoying a little too much! haha (Terri, did you see my message??)

Someday-I'm excited for your surgery to be over too! Yay!

Spud and Kfs--have fund BD-ing.

Book--you are interviewing a client or something? Speaking of fall foods, I had my first gingerbread cake of the season---so good. I forgot about it from last year.

Galvan--that sounds like better news than before. Congrats on the diploma and the interview!

Taurus--ok, so IVF is like $12,000 per cycle here, plus meds might be another $1,000. An IUI with meds and donor sperm is $2400 a cycle. If you're lucky you have frosties, and with just the transfer it's around 5 or 6K plus 1K for meds. My diagnostic tests were covered, but everything was out of pocket (that's why I can't do IVF, oh yeah, and the high FSH anyway).

Hi everyone else!!

AFM--we have a visit with the social worker this weekend, which means we get to start baby-proofing way before there's even a bugger in sight. I guess we'll be uber-prepared for like 2 years. I'm also going to scrub the floors and put out a ton of cute pics of my wife and I with children (nieces, nephews, friends kids...). I really hope we only have to wait a year to find our because waiting anymore is killing me. I have to confess I've been stalking double-donor pregnancy stories.... I know that adoption will get me a child for sure in the end and that I will love it more than anything. I need to focus on the goal, focus on the goal, focus on the goal...what is that, a butterfly?

 

[Spudtastic]

Book and galvan - any news on the interviews yet?
Book - did you have a 13 week scan? Do you have a 20 week scan? Can you find out the gender then.

Terri - I hope all the shots go well. Is that injections?

Doxie - I hope all the tests go well.

Rain - wow ivf is expensive. Though adoption is exciting and you're going to give so much love to a child whose biological parents are unable to do for whatever reason.

Moni - I hope morning sickness isn't too rough. I was very sick with dd and took ginger nausea tablets. I'm not sure if it helped though lol.

Tauras - glad you are feeling better.

Kfs1 - fingers crossed for o and bd-ing.

Afm - I had another positive opk today. (Yep proper dark line positive). Does this mean o is tomorrow? I had cramps yesterday and today and nausea today. Who knows. Managed to bd last night and was hoping for a rest tonight lol. Maybe rest tonight and bd tomorrow night.

 

[terripeachy]

Rain-what message? I don't see anything in my inbox.

 

[Spudtastic]

Hmmmm this is the first cycle ttc with opks. Think the pressure is getting a bit too much. Pains me to admit dtd last night was very unsuccessful. Anyone else experienced this?
Think o was yesterday. Hoping dtd the previous ywo days will be enough. Just going to relax and forget about it now.

I don't mind too much if this cycle is unsuccessful as that would mean a due date of June. We have a 300 km trip to get to the hospital for birth where I live and if there's snow and roads get closed it happens in june (or has in the past). Don't want to not get to the hospital. I know it's unlikely I'm just a worrier.

 

[terripeachy]

Spud-My advice is to not tell your DH that it's positive and time to get busy. You just keep it to yourself and make yourself pretty. Hee hee. I was always upset during O time because I never thought I was going to catch the egg. I still haven't obviously but hubs doesn't need all the details because then he feels like a stud. I mean, a dud, I mean.....

 

[GalvanBaby]

I can TTC. This just makes 3 losses. I go back for u/s October 30. I am going to get her to check for endo, but I doubt I have that.