February IUI - Looking for Cycle Buddies!

Jazzy- Oh my goodness!! That's the craziest story I have ever heard.

I freaked out once because they forgot me in the waiting room- all doctors left- and I had a vial of thawed donor sperm in my bra. But I so believe your story tops mine!!

OMG... sorry... got to laugh.. it's just too much. I understand mistakes happen. BUT COME ON! *banging head on table* lmao..... I think this may be a blessing in disguise though. I think I may be more flow with it kind of attitude this round due to the circumstances.
 
Okay Jazzy...I'm gonna start stalking you for symptoms! LOL How are you feeling? When is your beta test?? AND will you be testing before?

AFM - I went in for cd6 monitoring, the nurse called and said my estrogen level is high...it is 200 and last time on cd11 it was only 48, so time to lower my meds so hopefully I don't over-stim! :shrug:
 
Okay Jazzy...I'm gonna start stalking you for symptoms! LOL How are you feeling? When is your beta test?? AND will you be testing before?

AFM - I went in for cd6 monitoring, the nurse called and said my estrogen level is high...it is 200 and last time on cd11 it was only 48, so time to lower my meds so hopefully I don't over-stim! :shrug:

Karena ~

lol... you are funny. No symptoms so far. It is still really early though. Just 4 days past IUI. So ten to go! lol. I have my progesterone test on Thurs and then the beta test the following Thurs. Since I didn't get a trigger shot this time, I will be buying a week's worth of dollar pregnancy tests!! lmao.
 
YAY for POAS!!!! LOL I know a lot of women don't like too but to be honest, I rather have my DH there for me when it is time to POAS for support whether its a BFP or BFN rather than find out from the nurse and have him at work and no one to cry on or celebrate with ya know? Maybe I have just gone crazy though lol Anyways, I'm looking forward to updates!! :dust::dust:
 
YAY for POAS!!!! LOL I know a lot of women don't like too but to be honest, I rather have my DH there for me when it is time to POAS for support whether its a BFP or BFN rather than find out from the nurse and have him at work and no one to cry on or celebrate with ya know? Maybe I have just gone crazy though lol Anyways, I'm looking forward to updates!! :dust::dust:

Absolutely on the same page. Finding out I was negative over the phone at work was horrible. I was a mess... crying and trying to pull myself together. I would much rather be testing daily at home & get negatives so i feel more prepared and yes, so that I have the emotional support of my DH. I do have to say, it might be a weird blessing this time that I didn't get the trigger shot.
 
I agree with you guys! I rather be at home with my DH and get a BFN or just start my period rather than a nurse telling me on the phone!! Ahh 10 days is so close Jazzy!! Karena, when is your IUI scheduled?
 
I agree with you guys! I rather be at home with my DH and get a BFN or just start my period rather than a nurse telling me on the phone!! Ahh 10 days is so close Jazzy!! Karena, when is your IUI scheduled?

Hey!!! I'm not sure when it is scheduled yet, since the length of my cycles vary so much I never know when it will be scheduled which is kind of annoying bc we can't plan for anything! Last cycle I had my IUI on CD20, but now that I am on different meds they said it will prob shorten my cycle a little, sooo who knows! lol I am playing the waiting game right now and getting monitored every other day until they tell me to trigger! How are you doing? Just hanging in there? Every day that goes by for you is a day closer to your next IUI cycle!! :hugs:
 
Karena- Aww ya that is hard not to be able to plan anything but at least you know the latest will be CD20! I hope these new meds do the trick!!!! FX for you!!!!!!

I am doing very well actually! I thought I would be so depressed not being able to do it but really I only have like 3 more weeks till my period starts again and then the process of IUI! So right now, I am like working out an hour per day haha I figured since I can't do an IUI this month I might as well get these 10 pounds off!! My dh's birthday is St. Patty's day so we will go out and drink and then I leave for my conference to Tennessee, so this will be a nice little distraction and by the time I get back it shouldn't be too long till the IUI! We are still going to try this month too but I literally ovulate the day after I leave for my conference...so we can do the deed Thursday morning and I should ovulate Thursday/Friday but I am not holding my breath it will work haha!!

I am so excited for you and Jazzy!!! I hope you get your BFP's!!! Then we can all be pregnant together, I will just be a little behind lol!
 
Karena- Aww ya that is hard not to be able to plan anything but at least you know the latest will be CD20! I hope these new meds do the trick!!!! FX for you!!!!!!

I am doing very well actually! I thought I would be so depressed not being able to do it but really I only have like 3 more weeks till my period starts again and then the process of IUI! So right now, I am like working out an hour per day haha I figured since I can't do an IUI this month I might as well get these 10 pounds off!! My dh's birthday is St. Patty's day so we will go out and drink and then I leave for my conference to Tennessee, so this will be a nice little distraction and by the time I get back it shouldn't be too long till the IUI! We are still going to try this month too but I literally ovulate the day after I leave for my conference...so we can do the deed Thursday morning and I should ovulate Thursday/Friday but I am not holding my breath it will work haha!!

I am so excited for you and Jazzy!!! I hope you get your BFP's!!! Then we can all be pregnant together, I will just be a little behind lol!

You might be preggo with us if you get your BFP naturally!! DH's :spermy: can actually live in you for 3-5 days, so as long as you BD before you go a few times, there is a really good chance you could get pregnant naturally!!! I am glad you have some distractions, it will def make the time go by quicker...and girl, I wish I was getting some of this weight off of me!!! [VENT] One of my friends says to me the other day, so I am joining this weight loss program with some friends at work and they did all these tests and my results were that I am moderately lean...I want to be lean. I was like, really?! Mind you she works out every day for at least an hour and looks amazing, tone, all that. I told her, if you want to complain, I have friends going through the same thing as me that can't work out and on the meds the weight piles on, would you like to talk to them...she had nothing to say back! lol I was like come on, let's be a little sensitive here huh!? She knows I am very self-conscious about the weight I have gained, she was one of those, got pregnant easily...twice, barely gained any weight,was all belly, had the baby no issues with 5 pushes and baby was out, lost all the weight before her maternity leave was over...thank god I have you ladies who know how I feel! [VENT OVER] LOL
 
Oh geez, I really dislike this girl already!!! hahaha jk!!! I do think it's weird she cares so much about the weight you have gained! I mean I know she is just trying to be a good friend but yes girls that have it easy like that have NO IDEA what we all have to go through!! Stress alone makes you gain weight!!! PLUS all the meds!!! My best friend is currently pregnant and she is 6 months along and she has only gained 5 pounds!!! She was extremely sick her first 3 months with just morning sickness, then she got the flu and had to be hospitalized! Her baby boy is fine and she has a belly but the doc told her she is just pulling fat from other places...so basically she will be like 10 pounds heavier all together and after this baby is born she will be back to normal. PLUS, she NEVER works out and she is always in good shape-SO NOT FAIR!!! lol I have to work out to just lose then weight AND keep it off!! Hahaha ok I am done venting now too lol!! I feel better though hahaha!!

So is it rude to ask how old you are? I am 25, turning 26 in 3 months. My DH is going to 26 on St. Patty's Day. It's hard because my two best friends and my sister-in-law all got pregnant at 25 an had their kids at 25 and my best friend is having hers like the week before her 26 birthday...so I feel like the odd ball, I was so stressed about my age and ttc for sooooo long, like months and I am over it now but I had this plan in my mind I would be engaged my 21, 23 married (which I did do both) and pregnant by mid-25 and first baby 26 then two more before 30. And obviously I don't think that will happen and I was SO UPSET for so long but now I have come to terms with it! Have any of you ladies gone through this? Or am I just crazy!? lol
 
Ahhh it is so annoying, I am sooo glad that I can vent on here and I am always up for listening to a good vent bc more than likely, we are all experiencing the same feelings and going through the same things...like right now, I feel like everyone around me is getting pregnant, on facebook, all I see is pics of newborns and weekly pregnant belly pics, I turn on the tv and all DH and me can find to watch is something with pregnant people in it! lol we went to the car dealership the other day and the only other ppl there was a couple and she was 7-8 months pregnant, i was like ooohh come on! lol

Not rude at all to ask my age...we talk about more personal stuff on here than that lol although I know for some people that is a sensitive topic but for me, I don't mind...I am 28 (29 in May) and my DH is 45 (yep!) so for us, I am like, let's get a move on this, I mean he looks and acts like he is in his 30s, and has more energy than me but I don't want him to be 80 when our kid is graduating high school lol so we are def in a rush too! It comes to that time in life that you just feel like you will be even more complete with a baby right? And then you try and try and nothing while everyone around you seems like they have no issues getting pregnant...I mean it really is tough and you aren't crazy! My best friend got pregnant when she was 20, got married bc she was pregnant had the baby got divorced...well 7 years later she is ready for another baby, she just got engaged, is looking to buy a house and trying to get pregnant all at once. I saw her at xmas (we are from Boston but moved to Maryland for DH's job...so we visit when we can)...and was telling her about all of this, only to find out that she was pregnant at xmas when I saw her but she didn't want to tell me, well unfortunately for her it was ectopic...but at the same point she wasn't engaged at that point and I was like after what she went through before what is the rush. So now she is mad she has to wait to get pregnant again and I am like you are kidding me? She literally told me she had sex 2 times during that month (she had no clue what ovulation even was!) and she got pregnant, the first month of trying! When I saw her at xmas I was totally making fun of her like you can't just have sex 2 times and expect it to happen, and yet it did! So now she is all I have to wait and I am like you just got engaged, why dont' you concentrate on getting married, getting the house and then getting pregnant?? I mean really? It's not like she will have a problem getting pregnant! It is just so frustrating! Okay...I guess am in a venting kind of mood today lol

But what i am trying to say is you are totally normal for thinking that way and being frustrated. I think we all have expectations and a timeline in our head for where we want to be and when it doesn't work out for us yet it works out for everyone around us, it can be upsetting. Just know that you will get your beautiful baby and our babies will mean so much more to us because we had to try so hard, not have sex twice and boom pregnant lol We will always feel different about our little miracles than someone who doesn't have to go through what we are going through and that makes us and our soon to be babies special!! :hugs:
 
OMG I KNOW!!!! So many celebrities are pregnant too! And like you said EVERYWHERE you go someone is pregnant and it's just so hard to see that!!! You want to be happy for them but at the same time you are like uuuggghhh when is it my turn?!!?!?

OMG ya why is your friend rushing it?!!?!? She should get everything settled down first!!! My friend got pregnant her first month too and my other friend who is 6 months pregnant, got pregnant her 2nd month and she was like, "If I don't get pregnant next month we are done trying for awhile." LIKE SERIOUSLY?!?! 3 months of trying and you're already done?!!?!? Oh and she is 25 will be 26 in July and her hubby is 38, so she was the same way. She wanted to hurry too because she would say the same thing!! She didn't want her hubby to be 80 by the time the kids graduated high school lol!!! But he also looks super young and acts our age too, which I think helps a lot as well!!!

Hahaha yes I agree, I still can't believe 2 times and she had no idea when she ovulated and she was prego!! They most both be extremely fertile lol!!!! But thank you, I don't feel so crazy now hahaha I still would like twin boys but I am cool with just having ANY BABY now haha!!! I originally wanted twin boys then two years later a girl lol! Maybe that can still happen?!!? BUT now my DH and I just want a BABY!!! LOL What do you ladies want to have?

I definitely love this venting session today hahaha I am at work and it's slow today, so it's definitely making the time go by faster!
 
This is soooooooooooo absolutely normal. I adore the girl that I work with that sits behind me. But she is younger, got prego and is 5 1/2 months, got engaged... I am like WTF. But, it is what it is. I think if we harp on it too much it drives us insane. I have learned just to be happy for her (with occasional bouts of envy) and just support her.
 
Jazzy-yes you are right, it would drive me insane so I had to make peace with it..Thank you! We have been married for 2.5 years so I thought I would put a wedding pic up...Actually you two inspired me because my pic didn't have my DH in it so I was like, hmm I should do that hahaha!!
 
Hey ladies!! How are you doing?!?! Okay, I need your help!!! My cycles are average 30-32 days. When I took clomid for my IUI (first time ever) I took 50 mg from day 3-7. Then they gave me the HCG trigger shot and the next two days were back to back IUI's. She told me to test around CD 26, which I thought meant I would have a cycle of 28 days. BUT I didn't start till CD 30. So does this mean I ovulated later than normal or just my period was 2 days late because of stress maybe? And since I am on no meds this month what will my cycle be like? I am having cramps on both sides of my ovaries today and I have no idea what's going on! I have had cysts before so I am wondering if that is it? Does anyone have any idea!? I am so lost!!! Thanks!!
 
Hey ladies!! How are you doing?!?! Okay, I need your help!!! My cycles are average 30-32 days. When I took clomid for my IUI (first time ever) I took 50 mg from day 3-7. Then they gave me the HCG trigger shot and the next two days were back to back IUI's. She told me to test around CD 26, which I thought meant I would have a cycle of 28 days. BUT I didn't start till CD 30. So does this mean I ovulated later than normal or just my period was 2 days late because of stress maybe? And since I am on no meds this month what will my cycle be like? I am having cramps on both sides of my ovaries today and I have no idea what's going on! I have had cysts before so I am wondering if that is it? Does anyone have any idea!? I am so lost!!! Thanks!!

hmmm what cycle day did you do the trigger shot on? It sounds to me like your cycle was a 30 day cycle and that she just had you start testing on the early side, but it depends when you did the trigger shot. Also, hopefully it isn't cysts but I know when I have had them only one side of my ovaries hurt not both...have you had cysts on both side at the same time? If not, than I would think it isn't cysts...it's all so confusing!
 
My cycles vary between 28-32 days. I just never really know. This next cycle should be normal for you if you are not taking meds. Whatever your normal is.

I don't think you ovulated late.... Especially with that trigger
 
Thanks ladies! Okay so this is my whole timeline in February:
Feb. 4 started my period. Started clomd Feb. 6-10. Had my Trigger shot Feb. 15th and IUI Feb. 16th & 17th. So if it was a normal 28 days, I would of started March 4th but I started March 6th....But when I did my ultrasound on Feb.15th my follicle was at 15.5mm and the nurse said I should ovulate between 24-48 hours..but then if I did say ovulate 48 hours later I should of started March 4...I am thinking I ovulated 20th and not the 18th....if that's the case my IUI's were done like too early, I mean I am still fertile but I rather have them done 24-48 hours before ovulation...
 
I agree with you, I think you ovulated on the later side...my nurse doesn't have me trigger until my follicles are between 18-20mm so that they grow to 22-24mm, so I am thinking at 15.5, yours would take a little longer to grow and the HCG shot would help that but I think you are dead on when you say you ovulated later!
 

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