Buddy/Buddies needed for sanity

[Babydustx3]

Hey ladies! I'm looking for some buddies to go through this journey with. I did have 1 or 2 before but they haven't been on in a long time and it's pretty lonely all by myself.


I have no judgments on age or anything like that. We all are trying to reach the same goal

 

[sarah1726]

hey hun, im looking for a buddy too!

My name is Sarah, Im 21 and I live in Ireland

We have been LTTTC for 3 years next month with no luck. I used to be very irregular when it came to my cycles, but the last 8 months they have settled down to a 38 day cycle with two of them being 28 and 29 days

I am currently on cd 6 and I am going to start taking my tempratures in the morning (have done it in the past but i gave up because my cycles were very irregular and could have a cycle up to 84 days ) but now they have settled to a regular pattern, Im ready to give it another go!

OH has a low sperm count with minimum motility, but we know he can have kids because he has 2 from a previous relationship

I had a lap and dye last month and everything is fine and the gyno said he will make an appointment for me to go back and see him in 3 months, but i havent heard anything yet

xxx

 

[Babydustx3]

Hey Sarah!

Wow, 3 years, I can't imagine. I'm so sorry it's taking so long.



(this may be a little long) But here's some about me:
I'm 20 years old, OH is 21. We live in Pennsylvania (USA). We've been together since we were 15 and we've been trying for almost 1 year and a half.

When we finally decided we wanted to try I immediately made an appt. because I hadn't had my period in almost 4 months. When I went to my appt. they said everything seemed normal down "there" but it was probably my hormones so they told me to see my family doctor and get blood work. Turns out I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (an auto-immune disease and hypothyroidism).

It took up until May of this year to get my hormones balanced out and to get things working. My cycles have been all over the place and I've known it would be nearly impossible to get pregnant with high thyroid levels but I ignored that and just pretended everything was fine. I did BBT for a month but then my cycle got messed up again.

I got blood work done and my levels are great so hopefully this means things will happen soon!

The only thing that stinks is that I have no idea what to expect with my cycles and I didn't find out until the last week that my levels were good so I didn't bother temping.


But, I'm happy and not as worried because my levels are good and I just pray everything else is good too. I have an appt. next Friday at a new OBGYN for fertility because I wanted a second opinion just incase.

 

[sarah1726]

:wave:

yeah my cycles were messed up too was ust looking on Fertility Friend at my cycle lengths not as regular as I was making myself believe!!

I started recording my cycles in may 2010 and here are the lengths up until now

31 days
51 days
30 days
82 days
52 days
29 days
80 days
43 days
31 days
34 days
32 days
35 days
36 days
26 days
32 days
36 days
28 days
37 days
28 days

and now im on cycle day 6...Now I feel really down because I was making myself believe I was pretty regular and now...Im not so sure although my last few cycles are alot better than what they were, they still are a little out of whack for my liking, going to loose go on a diet, cos i had lost 6kg and thats how my cycles had settled down to a max of a 10 day difference, so if i loose a little more weight im hoping they become a little more regular!

Im glad to hear your hormones are balanced out and that it will happen for you and your OH soon it can take up to a year when first ttc your first child and you have been ttc for 1.5 years, hopefully your app with the new gyno can help xxx

 

[Babydustx3]

Your cycles look like they're getting closer to regular though hun! And since you'll be adding BBT I think that should ease your mind a bit.


I'll add my cycles because you made me curious lol!

Starting from most recent:
I am currently on CD 23
May was 32
And then my last one was January which was 30 days. My Hormones weren't balanced yet and I found out I was anemic (forgot to mention that) and I got started on iron as well as my medication adjusted and then BAM my period began the next day (which was my May cycle).


But, Jan. of this year was the only month I did BBT and FF says I ovulated on cd 19 that cycle so it's saying I should ovulate on cd19 every other cycle too. But, I'm not sure if that's changed with everything else changing.

I think this cycle will answer some questions and then next cycle I'll start BBT again so I won't be as insane and crazy about all of this lol!

 

[sarah1726]

yeah Im taking iron and a multivitamin tablet each day too i dont eat alot of meat so thats where the iron comes in plus its helped with alot of other things not related to TTC. and im hoping it will help with my af too

Also, I thought that tracking my temps, symptom spotting and all the other stuff that was related to TTC was throwing my cycles off because before TTC my cycles were 28 dyas spot on!

The things TTC does to our bodies lol

xxx

 

[No Doubt]

Hi Ladies,

Hope you don't mind if I join. Babydust I live in PA too! I'm currently on cycle 23. My FF chart, weight loss chart, and marriage chart are all in my ticker, but I had to hide my FF ticker from myself so I wouldn't obsess...lol.

I've tried 9 months of clomid and 2 iuis. I currently take prenatal vitamins, and just recently started vitamin b6 after seeing some other ladies in another thread have success with it. It seems to be working like clomid, only the effects aren't as bad and it doesn't push my O back.

I have an underactive thyroid, but I take levothyroxine for it and my levels have been good for about 2 years now. I was also diagnosed with pcos when I was 20, now 26, and I used to have very irregular cycles...skipping months at a time, heavy bleeding for extended periods...but ever since I got married my cycles have been right on time, on average 26 days with O on cd12/13. When I was on clomid it was around 30 days with O on cd15-17. I've lost 50lbs in the process and am working to lose another 20 within the next month or so.

We are currently on a break from the docs and meds and come August we will try another iui with hubbys sperm (low sperm count) and September we will do diui. Fxd I'm preggo by my birthday with is Oct 2, otherwise it's onto ivf. But still holding out for a natural bfp.

 

[Babydustx3]

OMG No doubt! We have so many similarities!! And, not to mention, My birthday is October 1st!!


I'm trying to lose weight but I keep yo-yo dieting. Grr it stinks. I want to lose 30 lbs. by my birthday but it's like I can't focus on TTC and trying to lose weight because I just stress myself out too much


Which part of PA do you live in? I live closer to Gettysburg.

 

[No Doubt]

Oh wow...yeah we do! I live in Pittsburgh. I used to yo-yo with my weight too. I finally asked my doc to give me something cause I used to be able to lose weight really fast...like 30lbs in a month, but it was like when I hit 24, I couldn't lose to save my life. If I don't eat right AND exercise I will gain weight ko matter what. So he gave phentermine which is an appetite suppressant. Totally ok to take while ttc. I researched it and found that a lot of people have lost with it and actually fallen preggo while taking it after losing some weight. Eating healthy isn't hard for me, but considering that my day from the time I wake up til I get back home from work is about 12 hours, the exercise is a bit hard. But hubby helps me. A lot of my exercise consists of fun things like playing dance central or ddr on the Xbox. We just bought a home last year and there is a park up the street so we are gonna start playing basketball. I walk my dogs...I have three. And I love zumba and Chalene Johnson's turbo workouts so I will do those too. I just have to switch it up, otherwise I get bored. And it can't feel like a workout otherwise I won't do it. I somehow get more exhausted with workouts than I do with having fun to workout...probably because I'm focusing on the work aspect...lol.

 

[Babydustx3]

Eating healthy isn't necessarily difficult for me either but cooking two different meals each time I cook is so bothersome (OH doesn't like healthy food all that much lol) so I find myself just eating what he eats sometimes, but in smaller portions. I need to just make a salad instead but sometimes his grilled cheeses smell so yummy! lol

I just bought an elliptical and I honestly LOVE it. I've been slacking the last few days but hopefully I get back going strong tomorrow.


I was browsing online at baby clothes last night...grrr makes me so anxious.

 

[No Doubt]

Ok...stop looking at baby clothes...lol. Although I'm no better. I already started painting the nursery, almost finished...lol. I know it's dumb, but I wanted to be a part of that and know that I won't be able to when I'm preggo. Plus we just bought our home last year and that room was hideous. So we figured ko point in painting it twice.

I know the cooking for two does suck, but what I'll do is make a huge salad for me during the week so I can still cook for dh during the week. Or I'll make a big meal for him with lots of left overs for him and I can focus on my salad in the evening. But I usually make a big salad for me seeing how I know what I'll be eating all week.

I love the elliptical too but I'm not in a gym right now, and honestly I want to take up running. So I'm hoping to buy a treadmill and work my way up from a fast to a steady run. No way I can do it outside with all these hills here. The only with all of my workouts is I have to be careful cause I have a crack in my knee cap. So the pounding from running, especially outside isn't the best. But I work with it. This is another reason why I want to lowe weight...cause I'm going to gain when preggo and all the extra weight isn't good for my knee. Not trying to have a knee replacement any time soon...lol.

 

[Babydustx3]

Awww! I think that's cute. I wanted to start painting because I think we're going with a tan nursery and then just having accents of color but I haven't officially decided yet.

But, I did have a treadmill but I sold it to get the elliptical! lol.


Tonight OH and I got Quiznos because we were so busy and met up at our local Outlet shops to do some shopping and grabbed some food. It was quite nice. We both got different subs and liked each other's so we gave each other our other half. lol I thought it was cute. Love things like that