June...here we come!!!

[floridasian]

Fingers crossed for you Allison that everything is fine!

 

[floridasian]

Hi Hope - glad you've checked in. Hope all is well with you!

 

[MissStacy]

So I got the call from my dr today, and I tested positive for antibodies E and S. I don't know the specifics on the details of each antibody, but from what I understand all antibodies kinda do the same things. If their levels get high enough, they will treat the baby as a foreign object and attack it's red blood cells. As of now, my levels are low enough to not cause concern, but I have to get them checked monthly to make sure they don't get higher. If they do, I'll have to be transferred to a high risk OB. So everyone please pray they don't get higher!!! I feel like a nervous wreck.

Sending lots of prayers and positive thoughts!

 

[sarahok]

Floridasian excited for your test! Your chart looks great.

Love seeing our preggers ladies. Savvy don't miss us...just don't leave! Alison will be praying for your levels. Hope, glad you're doing well!

Erin sorry it wasn't a definite positive. I would be driving myself crazy with that info too! Nice to know you are ready to go forward with Ivf if not though!

Beaglemom hope you're handling the TWW ok. That's the worst time for me!

I'm just hanging out lol. Ready for my re appt! Will be nice to get a timeline or some idea at least. Would like to plan a few weekend trips but not sure when I will need to be in town.

Been working out more lately which is great! I feel so much better when I do. I finally found a good gym buddy to go to classes with. Makes it so much easier if someone else is counting on you too!

 

[JCM]

Erin - I'm not losing hope for you...but I would be feeling the same way in your shoes.

AFM - cyst check today - the one on the right is gone and the one on the left shrunk from 41mm to 17mm - so on the right track. Doc thinks that I would be able to start the iVF cycle (the BCP) at my next day 3. I am going to wait one more cycle though - due to my vacation and I want one fully natural cycle without cysts before going through with the IVF - just in case!

Moni,
Do you have to do bcps every single time your doctor finds a cyst? Mine said as long as they are under 9 they are ok...mine were at 28, then last week at 13. I have another scan Thursday and I'm hoping they are gone. I'm hoping to have my first and only iui after I get to finally have a period. This birth control pill is making me nuts!

 

[floridasian]

BFN but I'm not surprised and I'm not upset since I never had much hope for this cycle anyway. I'll be testing again on Friday.

 

[Suzy18]

Hi, just checking in quickly. I will catch up with you all tomorrow. One of my bff's is here visiting so I haven't had any time. I had given up hope for O this cycle and stopped with the opk's last week. Sore boobs and twinges made me test today. And I finally got a positive! The last time I saw a pos opk was in March. So I'm pretty excited. I'm dropping my friend off at the airport now so we are free to bd tonight. Even though I'm having allergies now I will not take anything. I've read that it can dry you up. So here's hoping... again!

I've been reading almost every day and hope you are all ok.

Sorry about the BFN Floridasian. Are you definitely out this cycle?

 

[misaacs117]

Allison I am hoping everything is ok for you and your baby.

Floridasian sorry for the BFN

Suzy Happy bding! Catch that egg

AFM I am 7dpo and no real symptoms at all. Just cramps on and off since IUI. And my cervix has been hurting making bding difficult. TMI sorry. Hoping this is it! If this cycle does not work out then we are going to take a break for a while. I want to save some money up and we also want to go on vacation. DH and I plan to sit down and talk about the time line of vacation and another possible IUI. If it works out I definitely want to do another one. And of course if DH thinks its a good idea.

 

[sarahok]

Oh man Floridasian! It is early though...I know BFNs are discouraging. I clicked on your chart and saw the overlay of your past cycles. Looks like you should know in the next day or two since your temps pretty much consistently start going down until AF. So if they stay up good news!

Good to see you both JCM & Suzy! Suzy that's awesome that you got a pos! Get to BDing girl!

Okay, I'm going to try not to rant, but some people just amaze me. This girl I went to culinary school with (she dropped out) posted on FB that she was 2 weeks pregnant. (Who announces a 2 week pregnancy on FB first of all?!!) She's probably late 20's like me but not in a relationship or with any sort of career to speak of. She said that she had gone to the emergency room for some reason and had found out that way because they did a blood test. She said it's something she's always wanted though. Then a couple days later she starts posting about how she's really trying to quit smoking. And last night that she's a "horrible quitter." Are you f-ing kidding me? I think I definitely need to unfollow her, because this is just making me agitated and angry...and I don't need that in my life! Infertility's a bitch lol!

 

[floridasian]

Well I'm not entirely sure when exactly I ovulated. If I didn't ovulate until CD11 I'm only 10 DPO so there's still a chance, but if I ovulated on CD9 like FF said I did then I'm probably out.

Sarah that is awful the person is pregnant and still smoking. And what exactly is two weeks pregnant? Ovulation? I live in a state with the highest smoking rate among pregnant women and I do see them from time to time. I just don't get it!!

Congrats on the positive OPK, Suzy! Have fun bd'ing!

Fingers crossed for you Michelle! 7 DPO is way too early to have any symptoms yet!

 

[savvysaver]

Love seeing our preggers ladies. Savvy don't miss us...just don't leave!

Don't worry...it isn't too easy to get rid of me! I can't wait to see each of you girls get your bfps so I have to stick around!

 

[amygrrrango]

BFN but I'm not surprised and I'm not upset since I never had much hope for this cycle anyway. I'll be testing again on Friday.

Just wondering why you didn't have hope for this cycle? Seems like your timing was great!

 

[floridasian]

Because I ovulated too early - either CD9 or CD11. Eggs don't have enough time to mature and the lining also doesn't have enough time to properly thicken if the egg is released too early. Lining stops growing after ovulation.

 

[amygrrrango]

Because I ovulated too early - either CD9 or CD11. Eggs don't have enough time to mature and the lining also doesn't have enough time to properly thicken if the egg is released too early. Lining stops growing after ovulation.

Ahh, I see. Thanks - this is such a learning experience!

Sending you positive thoughts for the rest of this cycle (you're not totally out!) and the next.

 

[beaglemom]

Good morning ladies!

CD 23...had some cramping yesterday. I have also had some pain in my lower back. But I am wondering if I am not drinking enough water. It is really hot here & I know I could be drinking more water. I do not have an pre-AF spottting. So hoping that stays away. I am not sure what cycle length to expect since this is the first cycle on femara alone. Hoping for a 28 day cycle if not BFP so I can move on quickly.

The world is playing tricks with my head today. We went out to eat last night at Golden Corral & I ate like 2 steaks & a ton of food! So I was sleepy when I got home & I went to sleep really early...then woke up at 3 expecting to never fall back asleep. But I did. It was a night full of weird dreams. Then I get ready for work today just wishing it was Friday. I pass this restaurant by my house only open for breakfast Fri-Sun but the parking lot was full. So I was like well I guess they had an event or changed their schedule. Then I get to work & I am not expecting my banker today. But my AE jokes with me & aks me to keep my banker out of trouble. I said he isn't coming today. (They have this golf thing with the bank) My AE said no he is here today...so I said today is Thurs right? So I have no idea if he is showing up today or not. But for a min there I started to think I slept through a whole day!

I told my husband we needed to cut back on spending so much money going out to eat & just shopping when we really don't need anything. So I have been eating cereal for breakfast & lunch at work...saves money & I really need to cut back on my calorie intake. I know a 2 steak dinner is not exactly helping...lol. So every day my body is just aching for fast food & soda. But I keep eating the cereal. It is driving me crazy! All I want to do right now is head to the fast food place in my shopping center & get a large coke & sausage biscuit! But I am thinking maybe I will do that tomorrow morning since it is a Friday...sort of a treat for going all week without.

 

[JCM]

I had my appt this morning actually. The cysts are still a little big (10.3) but I will stay on the pill for another week (cause what's another week at this point right? Lol) and then get my period on the 20th. Thennnnn I can take clomid day 3 thru day 8, have a follicle check on day 9 and trigger and inseminate day 10ish/12ish. Whew. So it looks like the actual iui will be July 3 or 4th? Im getting excited! Of course I will BD as much as possible before and after but my RE says 3 days abstinence is good for iui day. So I'll do it a couple days before to make sure I have some guys waiting around in there. Come onnnn July! I'm actually a little nervous. Like I'm gonna miss a pill and screw something up. I'm just so tired of how this bcp makes me feel. So sick and insanely cranky. My best friend found out she was pregnant last weekend while I was in Disneyland! I'm very excited for her and I hope I get to be pregnant with her soon! I'm a little worried on what clomid will make me feel like. Did anyone try and kill their husbands? I'm worried he won't want to BD with me. Lol I've been pretty scary this last month and a half. I HATE BIRTH CONTROL. Rant end.

 

[JCM]

Oh, and I should add...the last year and a half of trying I've been a real peach too. I feel like I should do something nice for my husband. Like give HIM a spa day. I can't imagine dealing with me.

 

[amygrrrango]

I had my appt this morning actually. The cysts are still a little big (10.3) but I will stay on the pill for another week (cause what's another week at this point right? Lol) and then get my period on the 20th. Thennnnn I can take clomid day 3 thru day 8, have a follicle check on day 9 and trigger and inseminate day 10ish/12ish. Whew. So it looks like the actual iui will be July 3 or 4th? Im getting excited! Of course I will BD as much as possible before and after but my RE says 3 days abstinence is good for iui day. So I'll do it a couple days before to make sure I have some guys waiting around in there. Come onnnn July! I'm actually a little nervous. Like I'm gonna miss a pill and screw something up. I'm just so tired of how this bcp makes me feel. So sick and insanely cranky. My best friend found out she was pregnant last weekend while I was in Disneyland! I'm very excited for her and I hope I get to be pregnant with her soon! I'm a little worried on what clomid will make me feel like. Did anyone try and kill their husbands? I'm worried he won't want to BD with me. Lol I've been pretty scary this last month and a half. I HATE BIRTH CONTROL. Rant end.

Hahaha! I started Clomid for the first time this cycle, and I have definitely been super emotional, but more weepy than angry. I was filled with rage about something (forget what now, haha), that I thought under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have been SO upset about, but I didn't kill DH.. just close.

He was definitely worried when I told him what could happen!

GL!!!

 

[JCM]

Hahaha! I started Clomid for the first time this cycle, and I have definitely been super emotional, but more weepy than angry. I was filled with rage about something (forget what now, haha), that I thought under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have been SO upset about, but I didn't kill DH.. just close.

He was definitely worried when I told him what could happen!

GL!!! [/QUOTE]

Thanks! I'm a little afraid for his life. I mean, I left my dogs for 2 days with my dog sitter and cried every day a couple times per day. I don't even know who I am! My husband didn't want to eat what I was eating and I got so sad. Maybe I should be locked away... Do you have an iui scheduled? Or just doing meds with timed intercourse? I believe my dosage is 50mg. Yikes!

 

[amygrrrango]

Hahaha! I started Clomid for the first time this cycle, and I have definitely been super emotional, but more weepy than angry. I was filled with rage about something (forget what now, haha), that I thought under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have been SO upset about, but I didn't kill DH.. just close.

He was definitely worried when I told him what could happen!

GL!!!

Thanks! I'm a little afraid for his life. I mean, I left my dogs for 2 days with my dog sitter and cried every day a couple times per day. I don't even know who I am! My husband didn't want to eat what I was eating and I got so sad. Maybe I should be locked away... Do you have an iui scheduled? Or just doing meds with timed intercourse? I believe my dosage is 50mg. Yikes![/QUOTE]

LOL, you're so funny. I am also on 50mg. No iui, just timed intercourse.

Sounds like your plan/timing should be highly effective!