Need some buddies 1dpo, its a waiting game!

[HWPG]

you know you're ttc when.... you set your alarm to take your temp, then to PreSeed, then to bd, then to wake up the family, and you have a drawer for all the required tools to accomplish this! (it's not funny, cuase it's true....but it's funny because we (on this thread) can all relate!)

 

[MamaTo2Girls]

omg, now why didn't I think of that phrase? you you're tc when.... that made me smile, and you're right its not funny, but it is to people who relate and everything is not in a drawer by the way, just here and there. You actually pointing it out and saying it, really hit me....i can't believe this is my 5th cycle since the m/c and have had no success...ugh, how depressing.

 

[HWPG]

Oh I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make you upset. Actually, there is a whole "you know you're ttc when...'thread. It has some funny bits and some sad bits, but overall it can be fun to read thru. Yea, we have all of the stuff scattered about - had to collect it this wkd when my friends came over... Now I have to spread it all back around again so it's where I need it when I need it.

 

[Snizuitz]

Thanks, everyone for the supporting words! I am feeling fairly objective about it at the moment and I feel like there are lots of things to do. Here's what I do know: I have been pregnant once (even though it's been a year) so it's possible, I respond well to Femara as far as follicles are concerned, and Progesterone has been doing its job. And now we have something concrete that is really going wrong, so we can address that.

I do think that there's more they can do before we go full-blown IVF, but even if we get there, it'll be fine. I agree, Mama, that it's up to God and his timing. I have to keep the faith on this one!

HW-- thanks for your cheering words! You're totally right, doctors have no problem telling you when they've done all they can and the fact that she seems to think they can do more means they probably can.

Bray-- Femara is a pill. It's actually an anti-estrogen that they give breast cancer patients! Hm... anti-estrogen? Perhaps that part is working a little too well on me?

For now, we're giving it one more month. I'm focusing on relaxing, so this time I don't think I'm going to temp. And I'm going to make sure I get my yoga in for a change-- it makes me feel so much better!

Fingers crossed for everyone this cycle!!!!

 

[HWPG]

hello ladies! sniz, your positive attitude is so calming. thanks for the grounding words.
i'm pissed this AM - sounds stupid, here's why: i have nothing. no symptoms of anything, good or bad. no blood, no sore boobs, nothing. i *should* see something by now, even spotting. it's bizarre and ticking me off. maybe i didnt ovulate this month? maybe the Vit B is doing something? possible, but annoying as sh*t, you know? (the ambiguity). i took an opk this AM - it was pretty dark! but CM is NOT "sperm friendly". ugh! wth? i'm thinking AF is on my doorstep, but just get here already! hope everyone has a better outlook on life today than i do!

 

[HWPG]

well, i just got off the phone with the drs office - my progesterone was ridiculously low, pre-ovulatory levels.... so maybe i didnt ovulate this cycle? that's bloody awesome! guess we'll start the bd back up again....

 

[Brayr08]

HW-Have you taken a pregnancy test? I have heard that you can get a positive line on an opk if you're pregnant. Don't know how true that is though.

Sniz-(Sorry if you've already said this) Have they tested your partner's yet?

AFM: I'm irritated-Shocking right? I tried to schedule an appointment at my FS tomorrow b/c I'm 98% sure the will show her face, but since I haven't officially started, they refuse to schedule me. I can't just leave work and go. It's an hour each way and I'm almost out of vacation time. I'm just so sick of this!!! If I'm not pregnant, next month will be my last month of trying until January. I will litteraly have no vacation time left and I don't feel like taking that much unpaid time off.

Laus/Mama-Hope things are going well with you. Mama, hope the is going well.

 

[HWPG]

bray, i have not done an hpt - this is how it will go: POAS, wait for result, BFN, immediately go the bathroom and get period. i *suppose* it will make my period finally get here (Murhphys law!), but the BFN is so hard to take.... so um, no. IF (if if if if if if!!!!) no af by friday, i will take one (and then i'm sure the above scenario will still play out).
i hope things go better for you. i feel like sometimes drs/clinics lose the human side to them - didnt they ever have (insert illness, but specifically fertility issues at a FS)? dont they know and understand the frustration/sadness/etc that a person is experiencing? dont they get that EVERYTHING is time dependent? i think clinics should be separated into 2 parts: a consultation part and a drive-thru part. good luck! keep calling!

 

[Snizuitz]

Bray- no, we haven't done any testing on DH yet. I suppose that's in our future! I'm so sorry that your FS is being dumb. So frustrating! I worry about the time it will take for fertility stuff, too. How many visits do you have per month?

Today, I'm feeling pretty even-keeled. So far. We'll see where I'm at by the end of the day!

 

[Brayr08]

HW-That sounds just like me. Except it's usually spot for a couple of days, decide to take a test and then . I don't know that I've ever had a period that didn't have spotting before hand.

Sniz-Let's see...I have to go in between cycle days 1-3 to see if I have cysts. So really, this could be a half day. Then I go back once or twice for internal ultrasound and blood work to see how my follicles are responding and to see what my estorgen levels are. Those appointments have to be done in the morning. I always take the whole day off b/c I learned the hard way if they tell you something you don't want to hear, like "yea, you aren't going to be able to do the procedure this month b/c...(insert reason here)" and then I end up crying the whole day b/c you've already invested so much time and money on medicine so I'm completely worthless the rest of the day. Then you have to schedule the whole day off for your IUI. If you end up doing that. So, potentially 2-3, at least, days a month. Which really starts to add up.

I have decided this cycle we are not going to do the IUI again. With ppl's schedules at work, it just can't happen and I'm actually kind of excited to take the month off. We're still going to try, but I'm going to start temping, using OPK's again, I'm going to try pre-seed and soft cups too. We'll do the IUI my next cycle if this doesn't work, but I'm really hoping this does. DH are fine, all my tests come back fine so, I figure, why not?

 

[HWPG]

bray - have you used PreSeed before? we liked it a lot!

 

[Brayr08]

I haven't. I have heard a lot of good things about it though. I've never had an issue with being too dry, but I'm willing to try about anything right now.

 

[HWPG]

i, also, thought i did not have a problem with being too dry - until PreSeed. it just makes the warming up part faster, and when you are dtd every or every other night... it def helps. and it can make for some fun/funny conversations! i would recommend it for anyone. (maybe i should contact them about being a spokesman...)

 

[MamaTo2Girls]

I use preseed too... very first time i used it,i got preg that cycle and that's all i used...didn't temp, didn't use opk... geez and now i've been trying for 5 cycles and nothing yet.

I got this am accomplished and put my softcup in, left it in for about 12 hours. Not sure whether to do again in am or, skip and dtd again cd14(which last 2 months I got my smiley positive opk) and cd15.

 

[Brayr08]

So mama, is there a soft cup for periods & 1 for fertility or are they both the same thing?

 

[Snizuitz]

Bray- thanks for the info! Your post lead to a good discussion with DH about what our near future could be like and how I could fit it in with work and everything. Does your guy have to take IUI day off, too? Just curious how people get it all to happen with jobs and everything! What a challenge!

 

[MamaTo2Girls]

Bray, pretty sure they areall the same...I am using the instead softcup which are intended for periods. I forget what the other cup is called, that's reusuable i guess. Kinda don't like the reusable thing, afraid of infection or something. I was very weirded out and unskeptical about these. I've tried a tampon before for my af and i absolutely hated them, uncomfortable. But these you can't even feel them in. Won't hurt anything. Give it a try.

 

[HWPG]

Hi! Happy Thursday! VERY positive opk this morning, temps still down, so I think I just didn't ovulate earlier, and I'm about to today or tomorrow! BD last night, will again tonight, and hoping once more before OH leaves town for the wkd. Not gonna lie, I'm pretty excited about this! Gives me something to go on. So.... Fingers crossed it works kthis time!

 

[MamaTo2Girls]

that's great news, Hw! Have fun! I'm kinda confused though, I thought you were about due for af? FX for you though!

 

[HWPG]

yes! i thought so also! but then.... temp nose dived and nothing happened. THEN i got my results back from "7dpo" blood draw - 0.64 nmol (pre-ov levels). THEN i didnt get my period and i was at cd30. THEN i took an opk yesterday and it was fairly dark, DTD last night (sorta thinking it would start AF), then this morning SUPER pos opk! SO... i think i didnt ovulate and now i am, cd31! (stupid body!!!) But whatever! i'm feeling excited and hopeful and havent felt like this for a while, so i'm going for it! check out all the !!!! hahhahah! fx to you also - the time is right for us!