Summer Lovin'...bring us some babies!

[beaglemom]

So I had some cramping yesterday & this morning & kept forgetting to do an opk…ugh! So now I am at work without my car & really wishing I could get to the dollar tree to buy one. Anyways…I am nervous I will ovulate today or tomorrow. So I had my u/s. The reason for my cramping…follie measuring 22.8! I have never had one that big. So she told me none on the right side & 2 maybe 3 on the left. Well she left the screen up when I was getting dressed so I took a picture. My follie measurements are: Right side 10.3, 7.6, 12.3, 8.6, 9.5, & 7.3…Left side 22.8, 17.8, 17.5, & 13.7. So I do not know why she said the 3rd one was so much smaller. To me, it seems I def have 3 on the left & depending on the growth between now & IUI…maybe 1 more on each side…long shot, but could happen. So my IUI is set for Thursday. We bd last night but now I wish we had used the conceive plus. I was really only trying to refresh the boys. But we put in an effort. I still have cramping so I REALLY do not want to ovulate too soon! I am trying to stay positive about the larger follicle…hope it is healthy & ready to be fertilized! I plan to do an opk when I get home before doing my ovidrel if I can remember! Now here’s wishing for a good sperm count.

 

[floridasian]

That is one large follie, Beaglemom! Looks like you really might o early this cycle. Depending on when you o, those other two on the left sure sound like they will also be mature enough by the time you o. Fingers crossed for your and your hubby's count!!

I also had some cramping this morning. I was still lying in bed before I got up (before I temp'ed) and I felt some really strong twinges on my right ovary (about 2-3 times). If I was in the middle of my cycle I would think I was going to o!

 

[beaglemom]

I hope your temp stays high!!!

Also, my IUI is scheduled for July 31st...Harry Potter's birthday...yeh, I am a total geek!!!

 

[beaglemom]

I really think I am ovulating right now...UGH! I can feel the pressure on my left side. I have no idea what this will mean when I take the trigger tonight. I just feel like anytime I think I am ahead, something pushes me back. I know at least I have 2 more follies ready to go...but I was banking on that big one. I am just ready to be home already so I can do an opk...which I won't trust anyways if it is negative because I will assume my surge is over. Just stay in there big guy just a little longer!!!

 

[minuet]

So I had some cramping yesterday & this morning & kept forgetting to do an opk…ugh! So now I am at work without my car & really wishing I could get to the dollar tree to buy one. Anyways…I am nervous I will ovulate today or tomorrow. So I had my u/s. The reason for my cramping…follie measuring 22.8! I have never had one that big. So she told me none on the right side & 2 maybe 3 on the left. Well she left the screen up when I was getting dressed so I took a picture. My follie measurements are: Right side 10.3, 7.6, 12.3, 8.6, 9.5, & 7.3…Left side 22.8, 17.8, 17.5, & 13.7. So I do not know why she said the 3rd one was so much smaller. To me, it seems I def have 3 on the left & depending on the growth between now & IUI…maybe 1 more on each side…long shot, but could happen. So my IUI is set for Thursday. We bd last night but now I wish we had used the conceive plus. I was really only trying to refresh the boys. But we put in an effort. I still have cramping so I REALLY do not want to ovulate too soon! I am trying to stay positive about the larger follicle…hope it is healthy & ready to be fertilized! I plan to do an opk when I get home before doing my ovidrel if I can remember! Now here’s wishing for a good sperm count.

Your follies sound awesome! Is there any way they can move up the iui in case you O earlier?

 

[minuet]

How are you doing minuet? How's Clomid treating you?

Today I had a temperature drop and good surge of ewcm which means my estrogen is high. However I always have high estrogen and this is a pretty common occurrence. So I can't get too excited.
All I hope is that the clomid just pushes my body to finish the job of Oing instead of quitting out!

 

[JCM]

Wooooohoooo I hope the temp stays good, floridasian! Haha Harry potter...hilarious!

 

[beaglemom]

Neg op yesterday and positive today. Feeling so much better now!

 

[floridasian]

What a relief Beaglemom! FWIW I get o pain before, during, and after O all the time too so it was probably just the two smaller follies trying to grow and things got crowded in there!

minuet - I hope you get your + OPK soon!!

Thanks Jen, but my temp went down this morning so I didn't test. I'm probably out. Blah!

 

[minuet]

Meg op yesterday and positive today. Feeling so much better now!

Yay!

 

[minuet]

floridasian sorry the temp dropped

 

[beaglemom]

What a relief Beaglemom! FWIW I get o pain before, during, and after O all the time too so it was probably just the two smaller follies trying to grow and things got crowded in there!

minuet - I hope you get your + OPK soon!!

Thanks Jen, but my temp went down this morning so I didn't test. I'm probably out. Blah!

I usually also get the cramping...but last month with multiple follicles, it was intense as I O'd! I had the trigger so I knew I was ovulating. I felt that same intensity which is why I was nervous. But I am sure you are right & it is just the follicles growing. Never had so many so big before! Getting excited about tomorrow!

I hope you are not out yet. But if you are, you are on to bigger things with the RE with clomid/femara. So you will be pregnant in no time!

So not to get all specific...just wrote a long post on another thread...short story, a fight today with my husband. He feels like there is no issue spending all week doing whatever he feels like. He is on vacation. So many things to do around the house. And he promised he would do it while he was off. We just had 3 days in NY & PA...great time. He relaxed yesterday with doing a little laundry but mostly watching netflx. All that was fine...until he started the same routine today. I want him to have his time to relax, but I also need the support & help with the house. There is a lot I want done before a baby comes. Not to mention, I have been banking all my time off for fetility treatments. So he has 4 weeks of vacation where I will only have 2...3 IF I do not need IVF. So anyways, I hope I can get over it today & take a hot bath to relax tonight. I do not want this stress before my IUI. But it is just the same argument with the same response..."I need to do better"...but nothing changes. He will spend one day cleaning after a fight because he feels bad. I am trying to bring a baby in to the world...I don't want to have to raise my husband too.

 

[misaacs117]

beagle Your follicles sound promising...you have a lot! I never have that many. Lets hope the trigger did its job and made some of those other ones mature. Your in my thoughts for sure. I want this one so bad for you! We have been in this a long time (you longer than I) we need our little miracle Plus, I don't want you to have to go through the financial hardship of IVF. So expensive! And your fight sounds like DHs and mines when he was on vacation. He legit only weeded the yard his whole vacation. It was a fight with us too. There are half done things all over this house I just want finished so we can move on to other projects.

floridasian sorry for the temp drop Let's hope AF shows soon so you can start the next cycle.

Hello to everyone else Where ever you are in your cycle, I am sending you some strength

AFM just taking my vitamins and pregnitude and hoping it does the trick. I got sick yesterday morning out of the blue. My friend was like take a test! But I know I'm not. I took one right before my period and it was neg. plus AF was here full force. Just think it was something I drank (not alcohol lol) I am so ready to get this cycle over with though. Sounds bad but I am ready for this "break" to be over. I am ready to go back to the RE and to be pregnant. I have been concentrating on being healthy and exercising. Going to try and continue this... but will see how it goes. I ordered a jar of Organic Green Super Food and conceive plus on amazon. I am going to make sure I get my vegs ate lol

 

[beaglemom]

Yes Michelle...exactly...half done projects. Our house is only 8 years old. It is nothing fancy, but a nice home. I just hate coming home & going UGH to everything I see. We have so many things we want to do, but I refuse to start any more projects. Plus when I have a baby, we are considering moving to a better area. So I want the house to look nice if we need to sell it.

 

[floridasian]

Sorry Beaglemom and Michelle that your DH's are not picking up the slacks. I'm so grateful that my DH is on top of things 100% of the time - he does ALL the housework, yard work, gardening, does his own laundry, and although he's not handy he'll find someone to come fix things right away. He's an angel!

 

[floridasian]

Oh by the way Michelle, I read it on another board that this supplement called DIM (diindolylmethane) helps shrink down fibroids and endo. I was doing some googling today about it and it looks like some women are taking it instead of Femara as an alternative treatment to breast cancer (Femara is a breast cancer drug - ovulation induction is an off-label use) because it's anti-estrogen and therefore is helpful if you are estrogen dominant, although I couldn't find anything about taking them together. If I wasn't already starting Femara next cycle I'd be really curious to try it.

Have you heard about it? I know you have endo and you take lots of supplements so I thought you might have researched on it as well.

 

[misaacs117]

NO! I have never heard of it before! Thanks so much for telling me about it. I am going to have to look into this and ask the RE about it. I asked him about another herbal supplement that he had not heard of and he whipped out his phone and googled it lol. Will see what he says. Thanks again!

Beagle I do the same thing when I come home. Like UGH! Look at that and this and that. This needs done... Dh is good a lots of things but not really handy work. Not his forte lol

 

[sarahok]

Hi ladies! Sorry I have been a little MIA...this has been a rough TWW for me, so I've been trying not to make myself think even more about it than I already am. But just caught up a bit.

FX for your follies, Beaglemom...that's great news! Now hopefully his spermies will cooperate. Maybe he's relaxing so much because his body is exhausted from producing all those sperms! LOL

Floridasian, sorry your temp dropped. But you're not out till you're out! FX for you! We're close in our cycles...I saw you are 12dpo...I'm 11dpIUI.

Michelle...sounds like you have a great plan in place for this month! Nutrition is so important. Good thing to get on top of! (I say after I ate like 3 brownies ugh!)

Jen, sorry didn't mean to ignore you. Thanks for asking after me!

I am hanging in there. I have been trying to test out my trigger--I am currently 13 dp trigger and 11dpIUI. I will try to post a pic from my iPad. It's just hanging around. But after googling it, the consensus seems to be that it is usually gone by 8-10 days, but could stay up to 14 days. I am supposed to test on Saturday or Sunday, by which time the trigger would have to be gone. I was planning on waiting until then after I tested out the trigger, but that hasn't happened yet. So now I am freaking out not knowing if my light positives on Wondfos are still the trigger or early BFP's. On top of all that stress, I had some light bleeding yesterday and a tiny bit last night. Not much at all, just one very small clot like thing, brown not pink and some watered down brown discharge. So I'm wondering if that was Implantation Bleeding. I don't normally spot before AF, but my body is probably not acting normal because of all the new hormones I've pumped it full of this cycle. I called my RE and he said it could possibly be "Breakthrough Bleeding" which I had never heard of and if I wasn't pregnant this cycle that they would supplement my progesterone next time. TWW is the worst!

 

[sarahok]

So here are my wondfos. The first couple may have a day or two between them but the last week I have done one every morning. In order...left earliest. Right was this morning....which was 11 dpIUI, 13 dptrigger.

 

[beaglemom]

So here are my wondfos. The first couple may have a day or two between them but the last week I have done one every morning. In order...left earliest. Right was this morning....which was 11 dpIUI, 13 dptrigger.

Seems like it got lighter & then darker. If you do not get a clear negative before you are supposed to test, I would call the dr & tell them you need a blood test. I am lucky in that I see the trigger gone by 6 days. But I have seen women who it takes forever to leave their system. Which is why it is sucha good idea to test it. Hopefully your tests are getting darker & you had IB. Good luck. If your tests seem to get darker, I would say you have a good shot at being pregnant.