June, month of new beginnings! Thread for laughter, support and POAS! 19 BFP!

[Ilovetomatoes]

Lynny, yyyaayy for a good appointment!! I think too much vit D can overdose you. I am sure the RE will tell you if you need more vit D. Apparently, they can prescribed much stronger Vit. D then the one sold over the counter. Make sure it's Vit D 3 and not Vit. D 2. I haven't taken any yet...still waiting to see what the doctor will recommend. But will probably pick up on my daily vitamins intake again. My right arm is still a bit sore after all those blood test. I had to do another one before my HSG to make sure that I am not pregnant even though I am sure that I am not pregnant. Lynny, did DH go with you?

 

[confuzion]

Good luck akil and welcome missB!

Twinkie - so happy you are getting a little better. I've gone through those stages too. Having a helpful caring husband definitely helps through those tough times. All my tests have shown nothing, and I keep getting the 'bad luck' line. Hoping the bad luck runs out for both of us soon.

ILT - I've been taking D3 for a while now. Plus both my husband and I get it tested every so often to see where we are at. Mine has always been good thankfully.

Lynny - thank you, yes this is the fun part of the cycle now I can't wait to hear all about your and ILT's tests!

n.miller - in total agreement here! I will take whatever comes my way as long as I get me a healthy babe. And I don't want to say that I want to smack my complaining pregnant friends , but I certainly want to do something to them sometimes .

CD8 here, nothing interesting going on lol. Hope you're all well ladies.

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Confuzion, glad to hear that you are doing well so far. I had a few physical before (mom's family is prone to heart disease and dad's side is prone to stroke and diabetes), so I am a bit of a hypochondriac. But my doctor never ordered me a vit D test before. After reading the benefits and issues w/ having/lacking Vit. D, I am surprised that it wasn't included in my physical. Or maybe, I was just wasn't paying attention..whoops. Definitely going to stay out in a sun a bit more, eat yogurt, and eggs .

 

[akilgore2012]

Thanks confuzion!!

 

[Deal9027]

I've been taking Vit D for a few years & when I get my physical (every few years) my Dr always checks it. I am like the whitest of white so I can't tolerate very much of the natural Vit D as I will burn or freckle almost immediately!

 

[twinkie2]

Deal, that's my problem too! Are you red head like me by chance. My hubby teases me that the sun and I aren't on speaking terms

Lynny-my doc told me 5,000iu/day!! Seems like a lot to me, but whatever! I did find one that was that dosage and just figure whatever my body can't absorb will just pass. I was only taking 2,000iu/day because that was the highest otc that I could find, but just found the 5,000 in the past two months. I notice no difference, but I assume it's doing something good

Thanks for the welcomes back ladies, DH is pretty happy I'm coming back around too. Told me today that I was talking alot, must have been making up for my four days of almost no talking. Complained I had a bit of a headache starting and he said it's probably from all the talking I've been doing today...he thinks he is just so darn funny.

 

[Deal9027]

Twinkie - I am a redhead too!!! And it's funny that I LOVE the sun but alas I must love it from afar in the protection of shade or under a thick layer of SPF100...lol!!!

Your hubby sounds like a great guy & I'm glad you have each other to get through the craziness of TTC.

 

[Lynny77]

Confuzion no dh didn't come with me. He could have but I didn't want him to take the time off work. And after having the appointment I'm glad he didn't. Though the waiting room was packed with men and women. Pretty crazy how many people get to the point of having to go to the clinic.

Twinkie 5000 ml! wow! I'm glad to hear you're talking dh's ear off

ILT I need your outlook to rub off on me because I'm a little anxious for all this testing. I guess I'm afraid they're going to find something that's not fixable.

akil- good luck!

Deal I'm the same as well. I don't tan I get a blotchy burn. Not sure if vit. d has ever been tested. If it has it's never come back badly!

Tui and Mwel hope oyu ladies are doing well! And anyone else I've missed

 

[n.miller]

I'm on CD 6, so nothing really excited to report at the moment body wise. However, I got awesome news. Just got off the phone with the RE and there was a cancellation for next week! I have an appointment in 6 days. I was prepared to wait a few weeks to a month or so for an appointment. DH did not have a choice, cause I know 9 am would not have been his primary choice for an appointment.

 

[Tui]

Hi lynny, I'm good thank you.

I'm a bit of a control freak so all this waiting is killing me. Won't have a scan till 12 weeks and I have no symptoms at all. I'm 5 weeks today. Nearly all the other girls on JJ are sick or ratty or falling asleep in the supermarket I should be grateful I guess but it still doesn't feel real.

Hope your tests go ok. It's the waiting thats hard isn't it.

Oh and just to join in, I walk the dogs for at least an hour a day and bake myself to a dark brown in the summer (work permitting), so I guess my Vit D should be ok DH on the other hand is blond and blue eyed and burns mowing the lawn!

Wonder what our baby will look like hmmm. I'm dark haired and dark eyes.

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Twinkie, so happy to hear that you are doing much much better!!

Lynny, I understand what you mean. I guess what keep me going is that I believe that being infertile doesn't mean the end of having a family. If something is wrong with me or DH, I'd rather find out sooner or later so I can exercise my other options. Option 1: drug/surgery. Option 2: IUI. Option 3: IVF. Option 4: adoption. Yes, there might be a possibility of me not being able to experience the whole pregnancy and nursing but it's not the end . If I am able to bond with my puppy, then I am sure I can bond with babies not born by me. I know that this is a weird mentality and not everyone can relate. But, DH and I talked about our options already and when it comes to it, we are more than okay with adoption also. The most important part, we still have each other and know that we will spend the rest of our lives together .

Tui, don't jinx yourself! ahhahahaha. Watch 2 weeks from now, your best friend will be the toilet and your bed . Hopefully it won't! Ohh and I know what your baby is going to look like. Beautiful of course!!!

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Forgot to say, N. Miller!!! What a luck! Hopefully you can get things started if this time clomid doesn't work.

 

[MissB1979]

I'm glad the Vitamin D thing was mentioned! I think I'm good, though, as we have a farm & I'm outside quite a bit. If my BFP doesn't happen in a few months, then maybe I'll ask my doc about it.

 

[n.miller]

Forgot to say, N. Miller!!! What a luck! Hopefully you can get things started if this time clomid doesn't work.

Lynny, I understand what you mean. I guess what keep me going is that I believe that being infertile doesn't mean the end of having a family. If something is wrong with me or DH, I'd rather find out sooner or later so I can exercise my other options. Option 1: drug/surgery. Option 2: IUI. Option 3: IVF. Option 4: adoption. Yes, there might be a possibility of me not being able to experience the whole pregnancy and nursing but it's not the end . If I am able to bond with my puppy, then I am sure I can bond with babies not born by me. I know that this is a weird mentality and not everyone can relate. But, DH and I talked about our options already and when it comes to it, we are more than okay with adoption also. The most important part, we still have each other and know that we will spend the rest of our lives together .

It was definitely luck. Just finished all the paper work and tomorrow I have to fax the request for my records to be sent from my OB. DH is happy too.

DH and I are of the same mind. We want to know what's going on as soon as we possibly can. So we can handle it and figure out what's next, be it IUI, IVF, or adoption. We've also contemplated donor egg/sperm and IVF that way. It would be like carrying our adoptive child. Both my younger cousins are adopted as my aunt could not have a biological child. Genes don't make you a mother/father. And I will be a mom, no matter how I achieve it.

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

N. Miller, well put!! My sister already volunteered herself to be surrogate mom if I need it . I do love my sister...just not when we are TTC at the same time hahahahaha.

MissB, I'd start the whole testing process in the fifth month .

Here is something else to read regarding fish oil. My coworker forwarded this to me since she is the only in the office who knows that I am TTC and not very successful so far.

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/993.html

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

I just remember something funny. My crazy body is super sensitive to drugs. So, I rarely take any drugs unless it's necessary. I hope that I can stay awake during my HSG session tomorrow since I am curious and want to see if I have any blockage. I fell asleep w/ 1 vicodin. And, also fall asleep on my dentist's chair whenever they give me Novocaine to work on my teeth. Extra strength tylenol..yup...out for 4 hours. On Surgery table, please count from 10 on. 10...9...gone!! At the same time, I am sensitive to pain. Darn it!

 

[MissB1979]

I'm taking fish oil & a prenatal vitamin. Just checked & the prenatal has 100% vitamin D. Guess I'm good!

N.Miller, we've discussed adopting if I can't get pregnant. I'd love to bring a child into our life that needs a family. There are so many out there. We're thinking about foreign, though, since domestic is much harder.

 

[jmandrews]

AF hasnt arrived but i know I will be testing in June

 

[Lynny77]

ILT thank you for that! I think I just got sucked in with the anxiety of all this testing and omg what am I going to do if something's wrong. If something is wrong we'll deal with it. It'll be fine. Take each day as it comes. And it is better to find out now than 2 years from now just because I want to hide my head in the sand lol. And good luck tomorrow! I'll be thinking about you.

Tui your baby will be beautiful! And hopefully you'll have a wonderful, feeling good pregnancy.

N miller good luck!

JMandrews hopefully af will stay far away!

MissB hopefully all that farm sun will get you a bfp!

 

[Green Glitter]

Here is everyone. Lol

ILT, Twinkie, Confuzion, Lynny, Tui--found you. Lol

Can I be in? I just got my positive opk, late, so I may straddle the line between May/June too, since I haven't O'ed yet totally. But regardless, I'm here! :Hugs:

Twinkie--so glad to see you're feeling a bit better.

ILT--love your outlook. Seriously admire your spirit. I'm still FX for you.

Lol. I replied to everyone on the other thread. Ha!