MAY we all be blessed with baby! May 2013 and beyond (BFFs Seeking BFPs)

[Hopeful2014]

@newbie2013 I think all the effort will be worth it. I hate waiting, too! I'm glad your husband wants to do the more detailed testing. I know it's hard for some men. I'm sending you loads of luck.

@ClandestineTX I hope you get the best birthday present, an end to the madness and a super dark BFP! I'm with you on the meltdowns. I have them, too. Fall seven times, stand up eight.

@ProfWife I'm sorry about the negative and about having to hear about your friend. I know that's difficult. I truly hope you get to hear your own precious heartbeat very soon. My heart breaks for all of us. I'm happy to hear that you took some time to treat yourself and your husband. You deserve it! Fingers crossed your plan can come into motion.

@momwithbabies I'm sorry about the pain from af. It sucks. I know I love the time with my pup. She always makes me feel better. We went to dinner with my in-laws for the 4th. I treated myself to a beer since af visited some days earlier. Ugh. We saw fireworks from a neighbor's place. I hope you had a nice time.


AFM I'm nearing ovulation. I've been trying to keep busy. My thoughts are with each of you. Here's to better days ahead.

 

[kksy9b]

Best of luck to you Hopeful

 

[ALiKO]

hey ladies. long time no see . i hope everyone has been doing well. im almost ready to ttc again currently cd 4 so we'll see how it goes. good luck to everyone

 

[mummy2o]

I've been TTC since Erika, but I've had 2 2nd trimester losses. So I guess I'm technically a LTTTC also now. We wanted Erika to have a sibling close in age as we're going to hopefully world school our kids so I think she might enjoy the company. But we have a cut of limit of 11 months time. That will be her 3rd birthday on the last cycle try and I don't want a bigger gap than that.

 

[ProfWife]

I have friends with siblings who are VERY close (12-14 months apart) and some that are farther (4-6 years) and then very distant (8-10 years) and most were very close. I'm 6 years behind my next oldest sister, 9 years behind the oldest. Growing up we were a little "distant" until I was about 12. Then we started getting closer. They're my best friends. I wouldn't deny having more kids, if you want more kids, just because the gap isn't your ideal. It seems very little works on our desired timelines.

Aliko - Hana is just PRECIOUS! I'm still hanging around, 1 chemical that only lasted a few days...no confirmed, "clinical" pregnancies. I'm 1 dpo today. We'll see what the next 2 weeks hold!

 

[ClandestineTX]

FX for you Hopeful! We might be cycle buddies. I *think* I ovulated yesterday, though now am the proud owner of a hemorrhagic corpus luteum cyst, which F-ing hurts BTW. If this doesn't work out, I think we're taking a break and considering IVF, just to get on with it or get over it. My usual cheerful self, obviously, is still here.

 

[newbie2013]

Aliko! Welcome back to ttc! Hope your journey is smooth sailing. Hana is gorgeous

Mommy2o - I tend to agree with ProfWife. I know people with all different age differences, including good friends who are about 8 years apart - and they are great friends - they live together, work together and travel the world together. I hope you will reconsider if thing don't work out sooner.

Hopeful and Clandestine, I think we're all almost cycle buddies! I am around cd14-15, so should have o'ed at some point over the last 2-3 days. DH and I were back in the same city on CD12 and managed to dtd even though we were sleeping on a mattress in my SIL's living room!! Lol! It was the quietest and quickest quickie ever - hahahha! But hopefully it will have been worth it ;-)

 

[ProfWife]

LOL - newbie - my sisters both told me to stay at our parents' house and have my husband sneak in through the window before dtd...oy! (Last year my ob/gyn joked for me to get toasted and bd in the back of a car...at least today at my annual she didn't ask whether I'd taken her advice!)

I'm at 2dpo, I think. I just ate my second slice of pineapple with the core. We'll see if that helps. It's actually not bad. Thankfully I like pineapple.

This cycle mirrored my Feb cycle when we had a cp, except I have a potential for 3 eggs this go around as they were all pretty close in size. (Dominant was 16mm at cd10, next two were 13 and 12mm...I triggered 2 days later...ovulation likely 1-2 days after that).

Here's hoping!

 

[newbie2013]

Good potential eggs, ProfWife. I hope that one of them does the right thing!!

Lol about the advice from your obgyn! So... did you take the advice??? ;-)

 

[ProfWife]

No! I'm not a drinker - never have been. I wouldn't even want to think about what I'd be like if I tried!

 

[mummy2o]

I have friends with siblings who are VERY close (12-14 months apart) and some that are farther (4-6 years) and then very distant (8-10 years) and most were very close. I'm 6 years behind my next oldest sister, 9 years behind the oldest. Growing up we were a little "distant" until I was about 12. Then we started getting closer. They're my best friends. I wouldn't deny having more kids, if you want more kids, just because the gap isn't your ideal. It seems very little works on our desired timelines.

Mommy2o - I tend to agree with ProfWife. I know people with all different age differences, including good friends who are about 8 years apart - and they are great friends - they live together, work together and travel the world together. I hope you will reconsider if thing don't work out sooner.

I agree bigger age gaps works. My son and daughter have almost 7 years between them and they are best friends, sure it helps considering they are both autistic and that's fine. I'm just a bit apprehensive about traveling whilst pregnant since I'm classed as a high risk pregnancy. Then traveling with a baby, although my son was fine to a trip to Sweden at 3 months and good with short travel plans from 2 onwards. Not sure how to do long term travel with a baby, but I will look into it more and then decide if I could do it or not.

 

[ProfWife]

Needed to vent...did...past it now ;-)

10dpo - negative. Oy. There's still time, right?

 

[newbie2013]

Yep, there's still time. It isn't done until af shows up - remember that.

It seems that we're skipping my next cycle as well. My doc wants Dh to do a more detailed SA before he'll do another IUI. Only problem is, DH has been really struggling with his depression since we came home from our vacation. I don't want to hassle him about going to the clinic for tests when he's feeling like this. I'm on CD23 and considering my last cycle was 25 days, I'm guessing that we'll simply run out of time. Tomorrow is a public holiday here, then there's the weekend, so by the time next week comes around, af will be here. Not much I can do except suck it up (and share a bottle of wine with a friend when she comes back in early August!).

ProfWife... don't lose hope.

 

[ProfWife]

Trying not to lose hope - - - but really wishing I could get a positive before I have to leave on our trip.

 

[newbie2013]

When are you leaving? You still have time.

 

[ProfWife]

We leave tonight for part 1 (my parents' house) overnight. Then we're heading up to N. Florida for a track and field event his father's a competitor in Fri-Tues.

Negative this morning. I was hoping to get a positive this morning so I could go get the blood work started and get orders so I could do it in N. Florida during the next few days. No such luck though. Packing my tests. My official test day on my protocol is tomorrow. We shall see.

I really wanted to have something on hand to announce it in a cute way to our parents if we were...especially since my parents' anniversary is tomorrow.

Oh well...

 

[ClandestineTX]

@ProfWife: you and I were wishing buddies this go-around without realizing it. Today is 12 DPO, still completely BFN. I have accepted it.

I had several uncharacteristic breakdowns this week, but I think it's because 22 Jul was the cycle start date of my BFP cycle last year and I just had another birthday - and it was just a lot for one week. I think Hubster and I have decided to call this quits for awhile, and possibly do IVF in Nov or Dec, but will make a decision in Oct. I still have my "official" blood draw tomorrow and need to schedule a final consult with our RE, but I do not want to rush into IVF and really want my body to come off this hormone-induced roller coaster before we make a 10-15K decision.

FX for everyone else nearing the end of a cycle and for newbie's DH to get himself settled/ sorted.

 

[momwithbabies]

Hi, ladies. I don't have time to post a lot, but I'm sorry you are seeing those BFN's. I know it sucks. Clande, I can relate with the breakdowns for sure. Mine have been less and less lately, but you never know when it's going to hit you.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend where you can "forget" about this for a little bit. And maybe I'll take my own advice, too.

 

[newbie2013]

Wow, ladies. We are well overdue for a bfp. I have my fingers and toes crossed for each and everyone of us. xxx

 

[newbie2013]

Oh, yeah, and you! I made it through cd26!!!