June...here we come!!!

[beaglemom]

The clomid did make me hot & crazy...basically my husband had to go through 2 periods of PMS like symptoms. But I figure he gets it & I am going through way more than he is, so he shouldn't get too upset at me.

I was even worse when doing the injections on my last IUI. But again, I was the one basically taking meds every day of my cycle except maybe 3...so I told him I was sorry but also he needed to let me just do what I am doing.

 

[JCM]

That's exactly how I imagine myself...crazy! I'm just so tired of this. I always feel tired and I'm not even pregnant yet! Plus moody. At least if I knew I was getting a baby, these feelings would be tolerable! Hopefully only another 30 days of this. I don't know how much more I can take! Literally I have felt on my period for about 45 days. Cramps, sad, mad, boob pain, headaches and just all around not happy. I went to Disneyland like this. Disneyland! With 3 of my stepchildren. I hated it. See how mean I am?? All I want to do is sit by myself and eat snacks. Spicy ones. God help anyone and everyone around me! Lol although I did have a nice chat with my neighbor the other day. He's a nice old man. What is wrong with me!!!
I think Erin had another test today right? Maybe she's pregnant! That will make me happy...come onnnnn BFP!

 

[misaacs117]

Here is some inspiration for the weekend!

 

[beaglemom]

That's a great quote.

I just went to get my coffee & had some pretty intense cramping. I went to the bathroom but no spotting or anything. It would be odd for me to start AF this early & without any spotting beforehand. But I am not trying to get my hopes up...I really don't think this was my cycle...too much against me.

By the way, I have about 2 weeks left of my half caf & decaf rotation. Then I will be completely on decaf. I am pretty proud of myself. But people at work do look at me funny. I use the k-cups & someone came to borrow one...but it was all decaf & she was like What? I am not completely off caffeine. I do have a half caf mix of sweet tea at home. But when it is gone, I will only have decaf. So now I will only be drinking caffeine occassionally when we go out to eat. But I will still try to just get water.

 

[beaglemom]

Oh I forgot to ask...do we have any testers this weekend since it is Father's Day? I am testing Sunday...but sure it will be negative. Good luck to those who are testing.

 

[misaacs117]

I thought about testing since I will be 12dpo on Sunday. But thinking of just holding off to see if AF shows. And if not then I will test. With the trigger shot last time I had an exact 28day cycle. Right now I have no symptoms other than cramps. Like all the time. I wonder if it's the femara? Anyone else cramp continually after O while on femara/letrozole?

 

[floridasian]

Michelle your chart looks great! Fingers crossed for all you Fathers' Day testers!

Another BFN this morning so I'm stopping my progesterone and waiting for AF now. I was really hoping to get pregnant before I turn 36 but apparently it's not happening. Oh well.

 

[beaglemom]

Michelle your chart looks great! Fingers crossed for all you Fathers' Day testers!

Another BFN this morning so I'm stopping my progesterone and waiting for AF now. I was really hoping to get pregnant before I turn 36 but apparently it's not happening. Oh well.

Floridasian, I am just curious about your game plan. I know you got pregnant naturally last year. Are you planning to try something else soon or keep going naturally for a few months?

Again with the intense cramping...what is going on? I hate all this. Sometimes I do just want to bite the bullet & just say bring on the IVF. But I think it is smart for me to try IUI 1 or 2 times more.

 

[ERosePW]

GL to this weekend's testers, and sorry to those getting BFNs. After my 2.37 beta on Mon, I had gotten a TINY little bit of hope, but realistically knew it was probably remnants of the trigger. And the next nurse I talked to didn't sound like I should get my hopes up. They said I was welcome to come in today for a repeat beta if I didnt get AF, and they actually called this morning to see if i wanted to come in. But I've decided to just wait it out. If i have another 29-day cycle like my first Femara cycle, then I'm not even due for AF anyway. I think I'm on cd27 today. I figured if I am prego, then it will show up on a HPT over the weekend, and in fact, probably would've already. So instead, if I still haven't gotten AF (or at least my usual spotting) by Mon morning, I'll go in then. My spotting usually starts by this time, and there's actually no sign of it yet. But I could end up having a 30-day cycle since I triggered a day later this time. Still, the spotting should start ANY time now. While it's usually brown, my Femara cycle gave me bright red spotting, so I'll be watching out for that all weekend.

 

[ERosePW]

beagle, I agree its a good gameplan for you to do another 1-2 IUIs. You can always see how you feel after the next one.

floridasian, I'm curious about your gameplan too... I've been meaning to ask you that in fact. I'm so sorry for the BFN. I totally hear ya on hoping you'd be prego by 36. Although I didn't even start TTC until I was 36, I still thought I'd be prego sometime before or right after 37. If my IVF is successful, I will just BARELY be making it still at the 37 age! I turn 38 on July 20th.

Michelle, GL testing! As for cramping, honestly, I have them on and off lightly throughout the TWW, so I never know what it's from. I had it with Clomid too though. If it's unusual for you, hopefully we can look at that as a good sign!! FXd!

moni, hoping your cysts just keep getting smaller and smaller. It's looking pretty good so far! Keep us posted!

Jen, you are so sweet! Yes, i would've gone in for the beta today, but just decided to wait it out, because if I really was prego, it should start showing up on an HPT any day now. So I'll see what happens, but I dont think it's likely, and the nurses really didn't either. I'm SO sorry you've been feeling so irritable and emotional, and trust me, I totally understand! Although it seems like mine is only right around O time! All in all though, femara has been treating me better than the clomid did. My face broke out every single cycle on clomid, and the emotions were way worse for me, and my boobs would hurt way worse during the TWW. I have had ONE pimple in two months since I switched to Femara, and my periods even seem better. My boobs hurt right now, but they didnt' start hurting until a couple days ago, and it's not as bad as my clomid cycles were. I would do it all over again though if I needed to since it did get me prego. LOL I guess we'll do just about anything, huh?

Allison, I'm thinking about you Hun... How are you doing?

Hi to savvy, FBG, amy, Suzy, HPJ, and everyone else!

 

[floridasian]

Floridasian, I am just curious about your game plan. I know you got pregnant naturally last year. Are you planning to try something else soon or keep going naturally for a few months?

Again with the intense cramping...what is going on? I hate all this. Sometimes I do just want to bite the bullet & just say bring on the IVF. But I think it is smart for me to try IUI 1 or 2 times more.

Yes my RE's plan for me after the hysteroscopy and giving me the green light to TTC again in April was to try naturally with the progesterone supplement from 3 DPO to 14 DPO for three cycles and we'll reconvene with a different plan after that if I don't become pregnant on my own.

This is now the end of cycle 2. One more cycle then I'll go in. He'll probably give me Clomid at that time (we talked about it briefly back in April), although I think I'll ask for Femara instead.

 

[FutureBabyG]

Hi Erin I had wondered if you would be going in or not. I know the next time I get a faint positive on the hpt I will be going in immediately so my MD knows it. I am not too hopeful on this cycle. Cant wait to hear about your bfp soon.

 

[ERosePW]

Hi Erin I had wondered if you would be going in or not. I know the next time I get a faint positive on the hpt I will be going in immediately so my MD knows it. I am not too hopeful on this cycle. Cant wait to hear about your bfp soon.

Yes, if I get a faint pos over the weekend, I might see if I can get the beta over the weekend instead of Mon. They usually only do IUIs and emergency stuff on weekends, but they may consider a faint pos an emergency for me since I had that cp in Dec. But so far, nothing on an hpt this cycle. I'm holding out hope for you! I've heard of so many women getting BFPs the cycle after a cp, and although I didn't, that doesn't mean you won't! I read SO many stories of it happening for lots of ladies!

I did just have a major wave of nausea hit me! Had to lie down for 15 min for it to go away, and now I feel totally better. I just switched prenatals, so it was probably that.

 

[savvysaver]

Darn, I am sorry to hear about the bfn's. Hopefully there will be some good news and bfp's on father's day!

My first symptoms that made me even think to test at 9dpo was very sore, heavy boobs, heartburn and a headache. I was so tired and just not feeling like myself though it seemed like AF was going to show. Still feeling a lot of the same symptoms.

Sending positive vibes and lots of baby dust...good luck father's day testers!

 

[misaacs117]

Beagle mom I meant to tell you that this two week wait I have not done any caffeine I've done a few sips of Pepsi and that was it! I love caffeine so this is been so hard for me but decided that I needed to do this to see if it will work. It's taking a lot of willpower!

 

[beaglemom]

It is def hard to quit which is why I weened myself off of it with half caf. So now I don't feel any different drinking the decaf. But I don't plan to be completely caffeine free...just easier to rationalize a soda here & there at lunch or dinner if I never had the caffeinated coffee.

I just went to Hardees (fast food) & got a huge burger & fires & drink. I have told my husband we need to eat out less. So I just ate special k for breakfast & lunch all week. So this was my reward. All week my body was screaming for fast food on the way home. I have now fed the beast. I don't feel bad about it because I did do really great all week. We just bought a portable AC unit...so I hope my husband cn hook it up soon so we can have an excercise room in the garage. We have something similar to a bow flex & a treadmill.

Still cramping but no spotting. I have felt this before, so who knows...could be nothing. It would be pretty crazy to have spent so much money on fertility treatments only to get pregnant on a month with no OPKs & a $4 prescription for femara.

 

[MissStacy]

GL to this weekend's testers, and sorry to those getting BFNs. After my 2.37 beta on Mon, I had gotten a TINY little bit of hope, but realistically knew it was probably remnants of the trigger. And the next nurse I talked to didn't sound like I should get my hopes up. They said I was welcome to come in today for a repeat beta if I didnt get AF, and they actually called this morning to see if i wanted to come in. But I've decided to just wait it out. If i have another 29-day cycle like my first Femara cycle, then I'm not even due for AF anyway. I think I'm on cd27 today. I figured if I am prego, then it will show up on a HPT over the weekend, and in fact, probably would've already. So instead, if I still haven't gotten AF (or at least my usual spotting) by Mon morning, I'll go in then. My spotting usually starts by this time, and there's actually no sign of it yet. But I could end up having a 30-day cycle since I triggered a day later this time. Still, the spotting should start ANY time now. While it's usually brown, my Femara cycle gave me bright red spotting, so I'll be watching out for that all weekend.

That's interesting, I rarely spot before my period but if I do it's brown. However, this month with Femara I did have bright red watery spotting. It was a bit weird.

AFM I just started another round of Femara today, up to 7.5 this time. I talked to my OB and we decided this month and another round if needed then I will go on to see an RE and consider IUI. Hopefully we don't need to go there though

 

[beaglemom]

Stacy - I would suggest to you to go ahead & get the referral & make your RE appointment when the last cycle starts. I did not have any issues getting in quickly, but some of the women on here had to wait a few weeks for the next available appointment. I set my appointment up to be a few days before I expected AF...so that way I could start my new cycle with the RE. I had had most of my testing already. But if you have not, then it is good to be there at the start of a cycle so you are not wasting any time.

But I hope the femara will work for you & you never have to see an RE.

 

[beaglemom]

Any time I have had anything bright red & watery, it was the start of AF...I would usually have a full flow within a few hours.

I am still having pretty intense AF like cramps...but not spotting. I can't remember, but I don't think I had any cramping last month...but I have had this before. I just can't remember if I had this before or after spotting started.

 

[ERosePW]

That's interesting, I rarely spot before my period but if I do it's brown. However, this month with Femara I did have bright red watery spotting. It was a bit weird.

AFM I just started another round of Femara today, up to 7.5 this time. I talked to my OB and we decided this month and another round if needed then I will go on to see an RE and consider IUI. Hopefully we don't need to go there though

Interesting that you mention that... My red spotting was watery also. It was bright red, but I could tell on a panty liner that it seemed to have a sort of clear wet ring around it, and if I was just wiping it, it seemed watery on the toilet paper. That's the first time I ever had that, and it was a few days before AF. My spotting before AF has always been brown prior to that cycle. So far this cycle, no spotting at all, and really not any cramping either.

FXd that the femara is gonna do it for you!!! My good friend got her BFP after trying clomid and then switching to femara, and she said she had all her AF symptoms like every other month, so she was shocked when she got her BFP!