LTTTC #1 - Support Group *Please share your story

[pipilotta]

Dovkav, no spotting after o for me usually. Only happens once a year maybe.
My temps are preparing to fall I think, I can see a pattern in my past cycles. But we will see. Hoping that I'm wrong.

 

[J_Lynn]

Hey Ladies!

I needed to take a little bit of a break from BnB after my Lap. Still so angry I have no answers at all. Don't even know if they did anything but look around and zip me back up. Oh well only another week and hopefully some things will be known.

J-Lynn, so very excited for you. I hope it sticks and all your tests come back great!!!
Maybe this is the start of the Lucky String!!! First BFP of all the long timers.

Don't be too angry dear - the lap is an exploratory thing and sometimes tells nothing I am so sorry you don't have answers though - I know that is the most frustrating part about it.

My husband made a joke after my lap that maybe they just went spelunking a Lego in there or something so they'd have something to look at when they did the vaginal ultrasounds looking for follicles lol He didn't think the lap was going to tell them a thing. Haha

 

[dovkav123]

Hello ladies!
Something very funny I want to share! I walked with my DH on the sidewalk and by the entrance to the parking lot my shoe heal got stuck between the tiles. I couldn't pul it out! The picture was this! I was jumping on one leg and my DH was fighting the tile! He had a hard time removing my shoe! The couple walked by and LOL my DH said " I rescued her shoe and my wife !(from impatient car drivers!)
Sending you a cheerful vibes to all!

 

[LornaMJ]

myshelsong: Hope you get answers soon

J_Lynn: Huge congrats and hope to see a lovely rise

PBl_ge: Hope you get to BD soon


Update from me..I am hoping to ovualte this month as I am not too sure I did last month. I am not going to do any OPK's etc I am just going to work hard at it I so hope as usual this is my month. I am also not too sure if it is another BFN as I am hopefully to have IVF Nov/Dec to tehn abstein the following months I will just see how this month goes.

And as everyone else is saying I hope this is a lucky thread and we get to see more BFP's

 

[Ella_Hopeful]

Myshel I have to say I'm getting anxious waiting to hear your results - I can only imagine what YOU feel like!?

The past few days I've been so itchy all over. It's quite hot out so I guess it could be heat rash. Today I was the itchiest I've ever been - little itchy bumps everywhere all over me... my hands, palms, arms, legs, feet, stomach, scalp, chest, neck, jaw, ears, face.... I wonder if I'm allergic to something?

Strange...of course I keep kidding myself it's a early preg. symptom, but I know it's not, lol. I'm not getting myself to excited!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[MItoDC]

Hi Ladies - mind if I join in? My husband and I just had our one year anniversary - which also marks one year from when I stopped taking BC. We were NT/NP for a few months, and then started to get a little more proactive starting in October of last year. After 4 months I started temping and charting - and here we are with not so much a hint of a line.

When I was 17 my doctor put me on BC due to my intense menstrual cramps that were keeping me home from school and making me throw up. I learned a few years later that I likely have endometriosis - but I'm sure you all know that can't be diagnosed without exploratory surgery. I was on BC for 10 years before I came off last year - and my intense cramps came back with a vengeance. I've missed work due to my symptoms each month since then. This obviously worries me - and it turns out it worries my OB/GYN as well. At my last annual exam in May she scheduled me for an ultrasound to check for fibroids and cysts (all clear!) and then just this Monday she scheduled me for a HSG test (all open and normal!).

So here I am. I'm told that the HSG may "clear the cobwebs" out and I could potentially be very fertile this month, so I'm crossing my fingers. But the next step if we don't see a BFP in a few months will be to have DH's SA done. Can anyone tell me more about that? I assume it isn't covered by our insurance, so I'm curious if we can just schedule it without a doctor's order? And if we do that - does anyone know how much we would need to pay out of pocket? I just want to be prepared!

Fx for everyone here! And to all!

 

[J_Lynn]

Hi Ladies - mind if I join in? My husband and I just had our one year anniversary - which also marks one year from when I stopped taking BC. We were NT/NP for a few months, and then started to get a little more proactive starting in October of last year. After 4 months I started temping and charting - and here we are with not so much a hint of a line.

When I was 17 my doctor put me on BC due to my intense menstrual cramps that were keeping me home from school and making me throw up. I learned a few years later that I like have endometriosis - but I'm sure you all know that can't be diagnosed without exploratory surgery. I was on BC for 10 years before I came off last year - and my intense cramps came back with a vengeance. I've missed work due to my symptoms each month since then. This obviously worries me - and it turns out it worries my OB/GYN as well. At my last annual exam in May she scheduled me for an ultrasound to check for fibroids and cysts (all clear!) and then just this Monday she scheduled me for a HSG test (all open and normal!).

So here I am. I'm told that the HSG may "clear the cobwebs" out and I could potentially be very fertile this month, so I'm crossing my fingers. But the next step if we don't see a BFP in a few months will be to have DH's SA done. Can anyone tell me more about that? I assume it isn't covered by our insurance, so I'm curious if we can just schedule it without a doctor's order? And if we do that - does anyone know how much we would need to pay out of pocket? I just want to be prepared!

Fx for everyone here! And to all!

If you have endometriosis, an HSG won't help with that ... so that may be something you may want to talk to your Dr about.

My husbands insurance covered his SA - so it very well may, and for us the Dr gives you the container at the doctors office with the lab papers, you give the sample and bring it to the lab within an hour of collection. And they won't take it without the Dr referral. However, they sell a SA kit at Walgreens - I don't know how accurate it is, but they do sell it

Good luck on your journey - it's a lot of work, but worth it in the end

 

[MItoDC]

Thank you J_Lynn! Good to know about the SA. I'll have to look into DH's insurance and start getting that figured out.

My doctor said that she was concerned about the endo pinching or blocking off one or both of my Fallopian tubes, so it was a relief to see the dye go through on both sides - even though it was incredibly painful! I'm sure it's not the end of the endo issues though. :-/

And congratulations! You got your BFP on our anniversary.

 

[J_Lynn]

Must be a lucky day! The anticipated due date if the little poppy seed sticks is my best friends birthday - so she said this BFP was clearly all because she was born lol

Yeah, the HSG was not my favorite thing - I would not request them to be done on a regular basis, that's for sure hahah

So your endo isn't blocking anything - that's awesome! Have they discussed any clomid/femara? As far as the SA for us, it was just listed on his insurance as a regular lab - since men have so many reasons I guess that they may need to get one done, they can't classify it as IF/fertility so it's generally covered. At least that's what I kinda got from it when we were looking into it all

 

[pbl_ge]

The sperm kits they sell in the drug store give a nominally accurate test of count--they don't tell you anything about morphology and motility. So, I'm not really convinced they're worth the money, and we did one when we first started to TTC. Glad your HSG went well, MItoDC!

J_Lynn, good luck today! Come and let us know your second beta as soon as you hear!

 

[pbl_ge]

Myshel I have to say I'm getting anxious waiting to hear your results - I can only imagine what YOU feel like!?

The past few days I've been so itchy all over. It's quite hot out so I guess it could be heat rash. Today I was the itchiest I've ever been - little itchy bumps everywhere all over me... my hands, palms, arms, legs, feet, stomach, scalp, chest, neck, jaw, ears, face.... I wonder if I'm allergic to something?

Strange...of course I keep kidding myself it's a early preg. symptom, but I know it's not, lol. I'm not getting myself to excited!

Have a great day everyone!

Itching is not one I've heard of, but who knows? Have you spent hours entertaining yourself on this page yet?
https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/all-early-pregnancy-symptoms.php

Good luck, Ella! When are you testing?

 

[J_Lynn]

The sperm kits they sell in the drug store give a nominally accurate test of count--they don't tell you anything about morphology and motility. So, I'm not really convinced they're worth the money, and we did one when we first started to TTC. Glad your HSG went well, MItoDC!

J_Lynn, good luck today! Come and let us know your second beta as soon as you hear!

That's good to know ... I've always wondered about them, we didn't ever buy one because since hubby has 2 children and I already knew I was a pile of not-fertile, his swimmers weren't the issue LOL

Thank you I am SO freaking out right now, but I am just going to go in there - try not to cry as soon as I walk in - and wait for the results. I'll make sure to come back and post the numbers as soon as I leave the office

 

[pipilotta]

All the best today J_Lynn, I keep my fingers crossed for you.
My temp continues to fall and it seems af is inevitable now. I will test tomorrow if she doesnt show up until then.

 

[pbl_ge]

Pipi, I hope you get to test tomorrow!

J_Lynn, any updates??

 

[J_Lynn]

My numbers tripled!!!! 136 today!!!!!!!!! Next appointment July 19th to hear the heartbeat and see the ultrasound!!!!!!!!

 

[pbl_ge]

My numbers tripled!!!! 136 today!!!!!!!!! Next appointment July 19th to hear the heartbeat and see the ultrasound!!!!!!!!

That's wonderful news!

 

[pipilotta]

Congrats J_Lynn, how wonderful!

 

[J_Lynn]

Thanks ladies!!!!! I am so just - it's just unreal!!!!

My dad told my papaw on Monday and he and my mamaw went out and bought a Winnie the Pooh book for the poppy seed and wrote him/her a letter telling them that they loved them from that day. Papaw said it was his way of letting the baby know it is already loved so it has no choice but to make it the whole way to meet them.

I bawled eyes out when he told me that

 

[Myshelsong]

J- Lynn That is the cutest and most emotional thing i have ever heard.
I really hope that little guy sticks.

Calling tomorrow to see if my results are in, hoping this cycle is the one.
Pebble it sounds like you are having an alergic reaction to something, i have never heard of that as a pregnancy symptom. When is your follow up appointment?

 

[dovkav123]

J_Lynn!
I was right didn't I? Didn't I told you it will be trippled? It was my happiest moment in the past few days!
I am so stressed out about my family drama
I was so happy to cry from happiness about your little seed! You made my day!
PLease Update your signature!!!!!! the nr trippled!

ela hopeful
I had itching bumps last year after working in the garden. Everybody from my family who were there had it. I could't sleep, more I scratched, more was hurting, my abdomen was the worst. Please go to the pharmacy and ask for an ointment. it will releave the scratch and you'll be better in few days. (unless you'll go back to the, forest, park, garden
Salt bath was very soothing too. Pharmacist told us alergic reaction may be causing by microscopic mites. I feel for you and I really hope you'll feel better soon!

MItoDC,
WElcome to this thread, I love this thread! I am glad you found us and I hope we can help you. Many of us went through a lot and became experts with TTC
IN California SA cost around $100. My DH has no insurance. WE went to a family dr., he prescribed an SA test. My DH saved up for 6 days. WE did the sample at home without intercouse and brought it to the lab in 20 min. make sure you keep the container next to your body heat. Good luck!

Pipilotta,
AF is not here, you have a hope! My temp dropped below the cover line, but next morning went up a little bit. I measure my temp every morning by mouth. THis morning was 36.6 and vaginal 37. I think the second is more accurate. Next month I should not measure by mouth any more. Any ideas? Advice? Baby dust!

Myshelsong,
I just love your name! So easy to remember. Sentiments! I havn't listened for the shell songs since my childhood. My grandma had one big sea shell. She was very nervous, when we kids touched it!
You're almost here! You'll get your results! We're here for you and with you! I just prayed for your Lap miracle.