October Sticky Beans!

[todmommy4568]

Cletus that is awesome!!! Better give that man a reward

Angel - Ah yes, wish is scary We are getting a Ross here and I keep hearing people talk about it and they are all so excited and I have no clue what it is, excited to find out! Hopefully you find some good stuff!! If you go to motherhood it is more expensive but I found that their clothes were more suitable for all stages of pregnancy, they grow more rather than just come huge if that makes sense.

And yes I'm not going to tell my GP that we took a couple months off, she knows that the IUD came out in May because I went to go see her and make sure all was good since me and DH husband pulled it out ourselves since we were out in the middle of nowhere branding cattle when it started bothering me Good 'ol North Dakota where your doctors won't get pissed at you for pulling your own IUD out since it was making riding and branding uncomfortable. The OB that I want to go to deals with infertility and happens to be my GP's husband so I'm hoping that will help things along haha.

Angel do you mind if I ask, did your insurance cover the tests and things that you had done? I haven't looked at my policy to see if it covers fertility testing and asked DH how many bills he is willing to rack up doing this and he is all for it no matter whether it is covered or not but still makes me anxious haha. Most of it is bloodwork isn't it?

 

[krissie328]

Do you live in a small town today?

We just got a Ross, within the last year or so. I've only been twice.

Mrscletus- that's great your hubby was so nice!

Angel- I'm glad you have a scan to reassure you soon!

 

[mrscletus]

Tods... Literally lol ing right now at you pulling your own IUD out. Sorry that is just funny! Glad it worked out ok! Lol

And as far as insurance.. I think most cover the diagnostic part... But aside from that I am not sure. I actually called my insurance company yesterday to see what the process was, just a normal referral from my PCP.. So then I called and got an appt with him! I also had my SIL (who happens to be a doctor) ask around for good REs.. Found one not to far that appears to be in network for my insurance! So it will all be happening once June hits

 

[todmommy4568]

I live in a town of about 65,000 which I think is huge! lol is it like gordmans? someone said it has low prices on brand names?

cletus it was quite the ordeal lol...I was so scared when I went it that my doc was going to get mad at me and all she could do was laugh haha. The diagnostic stuff is where my interest is...I honestly don't know how I would feel about IUI or IVF but I do want to see what, if anything, is wrong. I'm so so so excited for you! So glad that things are moving along.

I just wanna take a moment to say I'm so glad we have this group. It feels so surreal that we have been in a group long enough that two will soon have babies, a couple others are pregnant, and the rest are looking at fertility tests. Thats a long time frame and it has created such a supportive environment. We all know that clearly haha but I was just thinking about it today while I was having my pity party. Thanks Ladies

 

[Angel5000]

I was thinking the same thing about this group the other day. We're pretty small, but we've been together for so long, and I'm so glad for you ladies! I don't know what I would have done over the past several months without you.


Tod - Ross has a variety of clothes from a variety of name brands but you never know what you are going to find. They often get clothes that were overstocked at other stores or didn't sell as well as other stores wanted and so yuo are getting name brand clothes for significantly cheaper than they should be. All the clothes have the original tags on them, and then a Ross tag so you know what they had cost originally. Ex: I found paid $20 for a pair of pants at Ross that had previously been priced at $120 (who pays $120 for a pair of pants I can't fathom.... teacher salary means that even $20 seems high for clothes! ) I don't shop there often because you really have to search through stuff but when you have the time to look you can find good stuff. It's kind of like a thrift store, but for brand new stuff.

Because of my previous two CPs my RE classified my diagnosis as habitual losses instead of infertility, and so my insurance paid for my tests. they would not have paid if the diagnostic code used had been unexplained fertility. Most of what was done for us was blood work. The only thing I've had so far that wasnt' blood work was the HSG. And DH's SA. The genetic testing was the most expensive thing because our insurance won't cover that, but the rest of it wasn't bad.

 

[todmommy4568]

That store sounds great, now I'm excited for it to open! That's good that your insurance covered most of it! Genetic testing can definitely be expensive! Most of my genetic tests weren't super expensive because they knew exactly what they were looking for so hopefully they won't go searching for more random sh*t. Honestly I don't know if I would even let them I have too many bad genes as it is, if there are more abnormalities I don't even want to know

That was my guess was that most of it would be blood work. I have high hopes because of the CP that it is some type of hormone imbalance.

 

[krissie328]

I agree this group has been great!

I hear you on that feeling huge. My current city is about 45k but I grew up on a large farm with the town only having a population of 333. I lived in our capital 5 years and that has a metro population of 450k. If I'm honest I miss all the things to do, but I suspect dh will never want to move from here.

I think Ross is more like Marshalls or TJ Maxx. I do love Gordmans, I wish they'd put one here.

 

[cupcake.]

Eek, ladies!!

I just got back from my scan!
Everything is looking great, baby has all arms and legs and heart is beating and it even moved a bit during the scan
then it was positioned a bit weird and the pictures we got aren't super great. But it's there, has all its parts is healthy and moving

I seriously could not be any happier right now, and OH got to see our little cake for the very first time

Here's the scan Pictures:
https://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/Pink_schmetterlinq/11w3dkopie_zps5y5nmp8v.jpg

We're going to take the announcement picture today as well, we'll do his, mine and a pair of baby adidas shoes with his and my birth date and baby's due date
Then we'll announce on facebook tomorrow, because i feel very confident now that not much can happen. Not technically 12 weeks yet, but as good as and we saw it today, so no point in keeping it in any longer!

I also updated my ticker today to my official due date of november 28, making my 11+3 today

 

[krissie328]

Aww! Congrats cupcake. I'm so glad to hear it all went well.

 

[todmommy4568]

Congrats cupcake! That is amazing news!

 

[todmommy4568]

The evaps on these just kill me....forgot to throw the darn thing away yesterday

 

[cupcake.]

woah that would have fooled me!

But I do still have my fingers crossed for you this cycle!

 

[krissie328]

Yea that's pretty convincing. When is af due tod?

 

[todmommy4568]

Any day now. My LP ranges from 12-14 dpo and I am 14dpo today. Both of my girlfriends that I usually get AF with have gotten AF one on Monday and the other on Tuesday so I thought she would be here

 

[mrscletus]

Tods- love the new avatar!!!
And I don't know what I would do without this thread especially. I am on other ttc#3 threads, but this one goes way back and I feel closer to all of you.

cupcake- that's bean!! omg... I am so happy that everything was great. I was sure it would be and how cute for the announcement!!

I totally found some will power this am. I literally peed in the cup, and saw how "clear" it was, and decided to wait til tomorrow. Dumped it out and went on with my day- I have no idea where that will power came from. LOL... I usually start testing at 8dpo!! (I know that is crazy early)

And yes Ross is most like a TjMaxx (which I love, but have to drive 45 mins to get to one) I think on the small town front- less than 2,500 people! I graduated with 56 yes 56 people, and knew them all! HAHA

So today I got this dull headache, which is just about the only symptom that I remember from when I was preggers with dd and ds... however I am convinced (after googling way too much) that I am not going to get pregnant without testing. I had the mirena for 5+ years- so the chances of a tubal blockage or decreased uterine quality go up. I should stay away from google, BUT- its hard.

 

[Blackrain90]

Cupcake I love the photos of your little bean, so awesome! Glad you finally get to tell everyone!

Todmommy, man you and your evaps/indents this month!! Tell mother nature/every frigging test brand out there to stop messing with you (and by extension, us!)

I love this group as well- there are some TTC groups where as soon as you conceive, you are basically expected to leave and not mention anything about your pregnancy. I like how invested we are in each other's journeys, and that I can still be a part of this group and give you all updates while following and supporting your successes and struggles.

When Angel got her positive I was super excited and squealing at my hubs about it- I'm sure he knows more about you ladies than he ever expected to!

 

[todmommy4568]

Agreed on all points black! I know better than to look at those Walmart cheapies after they have been sitting for hours but jeebs!

Yea Kevin has seen everyone's positive pregnancy tests and heard it all now when I am fiercely typing he will look at me and say baby and bump? Yep!

 

[cupcake.]

Hahahaha same here!
My OH calls you all lovingly the "internet women" hahaha

 

[krissie328]

Yea my hubby gives me crap for being on BnB all the time.

I have another ttc group I joined last May and all of them except one who isn't ttc all the time due to her doner is pregnant or have had their the babies. So it's just hard.

I graduated with 38 in my class and knew most of them since kindergarten. Still good friends with a girl I met the first day of kindergarten. Found out we lived just down the road from each other.

 

[todmommy4568]

The internet women lol I like that one

I am having a super happy moment that is overshadowing the TTC blues right now! I just now started calling around to find someone to alter my wedding dress...as of tomorrow the wedding is in three weeks...I don't limit my procrastination to just school Anyways the first person I called was super nice and said she would meet with me on saturday or sunday if needed for my fitting and could get it done for the wedding