Getting Fit Before Baby

[krissie328]

Irym- that is a great improvement in lining! Fx both eggies are good to go and iui is successful.


Yes, it is a lofty goal but I'm hoping the motivation of the fertility clinic will help. I've read a lot about fertility treatments and success rates based on bmi so I figure we gotta give it out all if we are spending the money.

I think the two iuis is a good idea and you have a backup plan.

 

[Ursaula]

Krissie: Good luck this upcoming cycle! You know we'll all be cheering you on during your goal for losing weight

IRYM: WOO!! Fx'd for you! Also super excited to hear you're considering the sleeve. I LOVE mine!

AFM: 14dpo and I posted my updated FRER pics on my little testing thread. I think I will be mia the next couple of days. I will be going to emergency tomorrow in the city and we're hoping they will have my gallbladder taken out. I've been horrific.

 

[Fern81]

Hi ladies just checking in.

Urs- I checked the testing thread and posted a comment. Btw you are looking great! Good luck with your gall bladder surgery. I had mine removed and I know how intensely sick it can make you.
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Irym- I'm glad that you've found a dr who is willing to treat you more aggressively. Hope your follies grow well!

Well, all my good intentions for posting more on here and being accountable for my diet & exercise choices went right out the window. Pregnancy is hard and exhausting lol and I had to eat carbs & exercise less than I wanted!! Still, 90% of the time I did not eat junk, most of my carbs were whole grain, I'm still walking and swimming whenever I can.... so all in all I'm happy. And after baby I will just have to go back to Atkins/paleo for weight loss!!

 

[ireadyermind]

Hey, Fern! Good to hear from you! It sounds like things are going well. I'm sure we all understand how difficult it's been to stick to a diet when you have a LO in there demanding other things!


AFM - Guys, I'm a little worried! The doctor told me Sunday that I wasn't going to ovulate and to not bother with OPK testing yesterday. Well, I tested anyway because I was paranoid about missing a surge. The test results were ALMOST positive, but not quite. So I waited and tested before bed, and suddenly the tests were coming back super faint, and are still super faint this morning. But the test never was actually positive, just nearly positive.

What if I got my surge yesterday evening and we missed my window!?

DH and I BD'd Sunday morning so we should be okay if I did surge Monday evening, but we aren't supposed to BD any more until the collection for IUI on Wednesday or Thursday.

Now, it MIGHT still work out... if I did surge yesterday evening, they wouldn't have brought me in for IUI until 36hrs later. That'd mean late tonight or first thing tomorrow, which is when I have my appointment.

In which case, they could probably just do the IUI tomorrow morning...?

Ugh. The stress!

 

[krissie328]

IRYM- I would find it unlikely you did surge since your follicles were so small at the ultrasound. But in the event that you did, maybe just call and ask? Have you used opks in the past? I know for me my surge is usually a little longer so I rarely miss it.

Afm, I finally called and scheduled a fertility consultation on Feb. 20th. I have been sick to my stomach all day about it. I am so anxious. But looking at last year I had confirmed 8 cycles with ovulation and 1 I believe I did ovulate but it was so early ff didn't recognize it. So 9 cycles out of 12. We did get pregnant twice but lost both.

I have six weeks until this appointment so I am just going to try to focus on my weight. I am not sure what to do about taking the lydia pinkham. Guess I will play it by ear next cycle.

 

[swimmyj1]

Krissie - thanks for making me feel better, that's exactly how i feel about my body ... everything is just very stretched out lol. I hope everything at the clinic goes great and in no time you will have that BFP!!!

Urs- hope your surgery goes well! gallbladders can be such a pain. (literally)

Fern - almost done can't wait to see a picture of your peanut. It's so hard to eat good when your craving things. Sometimes you can get insane hungry after you've delivered. I didn't know that and went to town on carbs for like 2 weeks >.<

IRYM - ahhh!!! i hope you haven't missed your window!! that is scary! maybe it was just a slight surge where that smaller egg was reabsorbed. My doc said that can happen. but when was rescaned 2 days later I still had the larger follicles growing. I really hope that's the case. Fingers crossed. Can't wait to see the update!

AFM - I randomly took an OPK today and for the first time have a light line yay!!! hopefully my body is finally returning to normal! I've been doing much better this week watching what I've been eating. Fingers crossed I can keep it up when I go away for my girls weekend on friday. gonna bring lots of veggies so i stay away from the cookies.

 

[MissDoc]

Krissie-- That is ambitious but even if you get close you'll feel great knowing that you got your body to a better place for fertility treatments. It seems totally reasonable that if you're paying for it, you want to get the most out of it you can!

Swimmy-- How exciting that your body seems to be gradually re-regulating itself and you're getting some of the "normal" fertility signs back. Hope that keeps happening!

Urs-- Yikes! I'm really sorry to hear about your emergency issues with your gall bladder. I hope it gets resolved quickly and easily for you! Your body has been through a lot!

IRYM-- Oh man, hope you didn't miss anything. I'll hope that it was as swimmy said, and perhaps a smaller follie was reabsorbed but you didn't release the good egg(s). Good luck with seeing your doc!

AFM, I've had a really rough week. Just a string of unfortunate events, the most unpleasant of which is I broke a tooth (a molar that had an old filling in it from childhood) and it also cracked a crown adjacent to it. I wasn't even doing anything interesting when it broke... eating chicken and rice and sweet potatoes! So yesterday was miserable with dental work. 4.5 hours of removing the old filling, pulling out the bad pieces of tooth, hollowing it out, and doing a restoration overlay... all with minimal pain relief due to being pregnant. That was really hard. The first 1 hr it was tolerable but the last 3 hours it was excruciating and they just kept saying, "we're trying to hurry, so sorry." They'll leave the cracked crown until after pregnancy as that wasn't as important. And right now I'm thankful, I don't think I can do more dental work without better pain relief in the moment. They did say it's okay to take pain pills I had from a previous dental surgery, but to be sparing with them, no more than 1-2 days worth. I took one when I got home yesterday because it hurt so bad, but haven't taken any more. It hurts but is manageable now. Half my face is super swollen so that'll be fun at work today, lol. Ugh.

I haven't been active this week but eating has been okay so far. I've been doing meal prep and prepping snacks so that helps. Today is a baby shower for a coworker though over lunch time at work, so I suspect it will be harder to stay on track today. I'll try though! Portion control will be my goal.

I would really like to maintain my weight a few weeks in a row in order to normalize weight gain trajectory a bit.

 

[krissie328]

MissDoc- that sounds so miserable. I hope it doesn't bother you too much until you can get it fixed.

Urs- I hope you get to feeling better soon too.

IRYM- any update on you?

Swimmy- fx you can stay on track during your trip. I find it so hard being accountable when I am out like that.

Afm, my mom is taking DS overnight when we go to our fertility appointment. It is 2 hours away so we decided to get a hotel and enjoy some time together. I am really looking forward to it.

 

[ireadyermind]

No updates yet, guys. We're getting ready to leave for the appointment as I'm writing this! Or, well, I'm personally ready. DH is upstairs in the shower. Once he's ready, I can do my morning OPK and we'll head out the door.

 

[krissie328]

Fx everything is good to go!!!

 

[ireadyermind]

Thanks, Krissie!

Here's the OPK today. Thoughts? It looks almost positive to me, but not quite. I guess that's a good sign! We'll probably do the trigger today, you think?

 

[krissie328]

Your opk definitely looks like its going positive. I bet that is a great sign you'll be doing a trigger soon.

 

[ireadyermind]

Well, bad news. The ultrasound showed that my follicles and lining were shrinking, rather than growing. One of the two follies on my right ovary disappeared entirely, while the other one remained the same size. The one on the left grew a little, but not enough. My lining thinned from 8.6 to 5.7!

This cycle has been cancelled, and the doc I spoke to today will be discussing these findings with my usual specialist and getting back to me.

He said I'll either hear from them in the next couple days, or I'll have to call them on my next CD1. What a let down!

It looks like as soon as I stopped taking the estrogen supplements, my body just quit doing what it was supposed to and actually started going backwards? I didn't even know that was possible! Meanwhile, we just wasted all that money on this cycle... I'm so bummed.

DH and I resolved to BD tonight to see if we can try naturally without the IUI and see what happens. I'm not hopeful, seeing how thin that lining was after only 3 days.


This does prove my original theory, though. I knew my body wasn't making enough estrogen and had been pressing my physician and OB/GYN to do something about it, and now look! GREAT bodily function response when I'm taking estradiol, severe regression as soon as I stop taking it.

We may end up jumping right to injectables this next cycle, depending on what my physician says.

 

[krissie328]

Oh IRYM- I am so sorry. That is very disappointing. It does sound like you were right about the estrogen. Your doctor does seem to be knowledgeable so hopefully next cycle will be much better.

 

[ireadyermind]

Krissie - Thanks for your kind words. It helps to have all of you ladies here for support. DH didn't even seem phased that we had to cancel the cycle.


After the initial dismay wore off, I got to wondering: what if the disappearance of that second follie on my right side was because I actually ovulated it a day or two earlier? It was the largest one; if it grew enough over the course of 3 days to be released, maybe we missed it?

And then today, I had watery pink spotting on the tissue when I went to the restroom just now? It's FAR too early for AF... is it possible that I ovulated days ago when I got that first near-positive OPK and this is implantation!?

Since I actually had EWCM last weekend, and DH and I BD'd on Sunday, it's slightly, baaaarely possible I actually O'd then and not Thursday...?

I don't know what my body is doing! lol

 

[krissie328]

It definitely sounds super confusing. Sounds like you will have an answer soon though.

 

[ireadyermind]

I'm not even sure how long to wait before I POAS. Oye. They told me not to bother with temping this cycle, so I'm a little in the dark here.

 

[swimmyj1]

IRYM - I am so so sorry! that sounds like such a confusing mess I'm hoping your doctor has gotten back to you already. I would want more answers or at least to know what the next part of the plan is if AF shows up. I'm still secretly hoping you ovulated earlier than you thought, but with lining thinning that might not have happened Sending lots of hugs. Hopefully you have some better news at your next appointment.

krissie - I love your get away idea for the FC its a great idea to get away and have some you time!

AFM - I got a +opk 2 days ago!! yay!!! now just hoping i actually get AF in 2 weeks and it isn't my body playing tricks on me. It's kind of an odd feeling hoping AF will show up lol.

 

[ireadyermind]

Swimmy - lol! It probably IS weird wishing for AF instead of the reverse! Too funny. I don't know what I'll do with myself if I manage to get pregnant. How will I pass the months if not by temping, OPKing and POAS at the end of every month? lol!


AFM - No, I still haven't heard back from a doctor. I've talked to four different women at the clinic, nurses and whatnot, about this situation since Friday. Each one of them has promised to talk to someone else to get their opinion, and then I get a call with them completely ignoring my questions and saying, "So you started your period on Friday? Okay, let's order you more letrozole!" And I have to say -- WAIT A MINUTE, I HAVE QUESTIONS.

I repeated myself three times on the phone last night, "I don't know if this is AF, it seems like really heavy spotting. It stopped by now and I only had one day of actual bleeding. It's roughly 20 days too early for a period!" over and over.

Then the woman actually pulled up my file mid-conversation -- why wouldn't you do that before you called me? -- and says OH! It's too early for your period!

Me: THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING!

She still wanted to put me on letrozole until I asked her what that would do to me if this wasn't AF and was just weird spotting. Then she decided she'd ask one of the doctors on call. I'm supposed to hear back from her today.

Good grief. I can't be the only person they've ever treated who ended up with weird mid-cycle stuff going on after stopping taking the estradiol and having a cancelled IUI.

 

[krissie328]

ITYM- how frustrating! I hate not being listened to, especially on something like you know my own cycle. I hope you are able to get a solid answer.

Swimmy- it is always so bizarre when you wish for af. It happens every once in awhile for me.

Afm, just not feeling this cycle at all. I haven't even started with opks or tracking cm. I just don't care right now. I am sure as o gets a little closer I will feel better.