The LTTTC thread for everyone.

[Bravemom]

you are not driving us crazy, we are on the journey with you. I hope it is pregnancy!

Yip we are all kinda crazy together In a good way

 

[H0pefulagain]

You're not driving us crazy. I'm a bit impressed with how calm you are about this! I think we're all holding our breathe, hoping, and praying you are PG.

 

[H0pefulagain]

YES!!! I got my chart to post! I'm feeling all nerdy and smart and stuff now....

It was looking okay until this morning and then my temps took a dive. At this point, I'm assuming it is a no-go this month and I'll get the obligatory visit from that foul witch, AF.

 

[crystal443]

Milty- You're not driving us crazy..it is no fun to be hormonal at 17DPO and still be in limbo about what's going on...trust me, I totally get where your coming from so feel free to rant away about it

Bmom- that sounds totally foreign after calling you by the other name for so long You'll be fine with your weight just get strict with yourself again Holidays are to relax and have fun though so don't beat yourself up to much about it

Liz- How are things going for you? I hope you get some answers soon so you can move on to bigger and better things then this same old same old every month. At least you'll feel like your in with a chance which I think makes all the difference. I'm still holding out hope for your DHEA super egg It takes up to 4 months to have full effect so hang in there!!

H0peful- Glad you got your fertility friend working its still early for your temp to come back up

Jen- How are you feeling?

Suki- Hope you had a great weekend

Peace- Hope your having a great weekend as well, I hope my book gets here this week..I'm looking forward to reading it!!

Not much going on for me, DD is home "sick" today she actually ate too many sugar free candy last night and now she's got the runs and horrendous gas and gas pains so she isn't sick, she just didn't know you couldn't have more then 2 of the candy or they leave you running for a toilet

 

[peacebaby]

Hi ladies

Milty, hope you can get a test on Monday. I had a similar cycle on the progesterone, normally I have a short luteal phase but it dragged on and eventually i got a blood test. You're not driving us crazy at all!

Bravemom, welcome back, missed you so much

Crystal, your poor DD hope she recovers soon. I was going to ask can your doc give you the meds in advance so you have it on hand ready to start at a moments notice? I'm just worried that if you need it on weekend it may cause a lot of unneeded stress trying to get it and a day or two can make a huge difference.

LL your avatar pic is beautiful as always!

Jen, i checked in because i'm driving myself mad wondering if you're ok lol! Hope you're enjoying your shopping trip, so awesome to be able to drive across the border & be in an entirely different country.

Hopeful, i like the manmoans haha

Ready, HA, Suki, Jax, Alison everyone else

 

[LLbean]

Thanks Peace

Crystal hope your DD feels better soon... OH and you never told me how your DS is doing with protein shakes?

 

[Milty]

Hope yeah for your chart

Crystal so sorry about DD

Well looks AF has arrived
None of my usual signs just went to the bathroom and boom red in the loo I'm ok with it though I mean different is good.

 

[LLbean]

Oh good so on to a hopeful cycle Milty!!!

 

[Milty]

I do have to say I'm very excited about the next couple cycles

 

[LLbean]

I'm excited for you too!!!

 

[crystal443]

Peace- I have called FS office and his receptionist has said I need to come in anyway for bloods etc so I can get the script then...she told me to start testing from 5/6DPO onward and call as soon as there is a hint of a line so that's what I'll do. The day we were there it never occured to me to get the scripts Had I asked I'm sure he would have given them to me...he kept talking about immunity and chemicals and different things to try and I never thought to ask so I've ordered IC tests and I've got some FRERS on standby

Liz- I told you I bought the Bodytrim+ system which is low carb and it gives meals, recipe book etc. Its basically that you have 6 protein portions per day and a starch at breakfast and then unlimited veggies with lunch and dinner. There's a cheat day a week followed by a protein day I guess to keep the body burning fat

I took DS to the doctor to make sure this was ok for him to follow and to find out what his healthy weight should be, because he's so large framed his weight is ok to be a bit higher then we thought. He has 13 kilo to lose and he's stuck with it I ended up having to go and buy different protein shakes because alot of them have a high sugar content but he has those and I found some low carb protein bars, boiled eggs, chicken breast etc. we bought him a few weights and an exercise bike and he goes to pilates with me now but he actually likes the stretches

He's lost 7 kilo so far, DD cheats daily and DH is so tall he only had 6 kilo to lose so he's maintaining now. I've made sure to follow it to a T with him so he doesn't get discouraged and has someone in the same boat kind of thing I've lost my 10 kilo but I still have another 5 to go before I'll feel like myself again so its going good How about you? Do you do the whole no sugar, low carbs?

 

[peacebaby]

Wow Crystal a 10 kg loss is awesome! Great that your DS has kept with it and having you doing it with him must help alot. I want to lose 12 to get to my pre-ttc/mc weight. Low carbs and cardio workouts is what i'm doing too, hope it works. Yes, i've also been told to test early so i start the meds but some of my meds I will start before ov and then progesterone after ov.My dr also said make sure to use a reliable test so i'm stocking up those because with my chemical in June the IC's never picked it up so i stopped the progesterone which was the wrong thing to do!

Milty but yes the next cycle is definitely one to be excited about. Will you get another scan to see how the ovaries are doing?

 

[Milty]

Yes I timed my scan appr to be right before O But that's when I thought my LP would be 14 days this month.

So my appt is on the 28th which would have been CD 13 when I usually O. Now it will be CD 11 which is still not bad and I will find out how many follicles I have going.

 

[LLbean]

I try to do the low carb low sugar as much as possible. I believe I have lost about 10lbs already ...not 10 kgs though hehehe hopefully soon!

 

[Milty]

Now that I have 15 pounds to loose (may have been caused by cysts) I'm doing low good carbs as well. I also don't eat them after lunch.

 

[crystal443]

Peace- your IC's didn't pick it up? I have a 4 FRERS now, maybe I'll pick up another pack of 3 and use both,I've lost the 10 kilos since May after the D&C so its taken a little while but I think everything slows down after something like that I still have a good 5-8 kilos to go and I'll be back to where I should be Thanks for letting me know about the IC's that would be my luck I'll pick another pack of FRERS up tonight while their on sale for 14.95 I'm going to let DH know about your meds and see what he wants to do. He'll say call the office and make an appointment I'm sure

Liz- Low/no sugar seems to work best for us and in the long run I hope its healthier..FS says it should help egg quality as well so we'll see. Its taken since May to get the 10 kilo off but its started moving after I cut the sugar 10 lbs is fantastic Liz I find once it starts coming off it seems to get easier

Milty-you got AF roll on your next cycle!!! On cd11 you'll be able to see how many follies and they should give you an estimate on what day the egg will be ready

 

[Milty]

Yup that is what I'm hoping for

10kil is a lot good job!

 

[crystal443]

Milty- do you still have your veggies or salad after lunch? I'd be starving if I couldn't have those

 

[Milty]

Oh yes I eat veggies & protein for dinner and a fruit for a snack

 

[ByAnyMeans]

Good morning (well for me and Crystal anyway, Good Evening for many of the rest) ladies!

I'm almost all caught up, seems a lot going on.

Milty - best of luck next week with your scan; I know the feeling of having wacky cycles, I was always regular, then after the IVFs would become totally unpredictable, with one cycle over 30 days! Then less flow, almost no flow, which was very worrying.

Suki - hope you're enjoying France (how could yo not be???) - am envious, even though I can't think of traveling anywhere right now

LLbean - I agree with what Crystal said, it's all about hanging in there...

The the new and returning ladies - welcome and welcome back

Peace, Jenn, Alison - how are you?

Cyrstal - hi! And good to see you on a healthy diet program , I and DH have been through a number of these, if you're interested can tell you my / our experiences

It's been while, I've just been nauseous every day, almost all day. Now at 8 weeks. I need to eat about every 40 minutes, then feel well for a while then need to eat. That was fine up to yesterday when the food stopped helping and I was more exhausted than usual. It's a holiday here today and I'm not due to see the doctor until Thursday, but DH wants to call him to see what he thinks and if I'm ok.

I've been moody and hungry and eating all kinds of things I don't usually eat, DH is having a good laugh about it but makes me feel conscious about gaining weight.

Speaking of which, there has been talk about no-/low-carb diets. DH has been doing this for the past 3 years, he's not a big, overweight guy but puts on a bit so goes completely off carbs (no rice, bread, pasta or pizza) for 6 weeks and he drops 5-6 kilos without even working out, more if he works out). He says it's not as difficult as it sounds, the wanting part, jut the what-to-eat part since carbs are everywhere and most of them are bad. As addicted he is to his breads and pastries when he goes off them he's quite disciplined and I'm proud how he sticks to it and his results.

Hope this helps and hope all you ladies are well.

Alex