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[horseypants]

yay baking babe! get it grl.

auca and luna, good luck for your bloodwork.

auca, that's great you had a good experience with your cutie nephew. always feels good when that sort of thing goes better than expected or feared.

newbie, yay! you got the job

goldfish, i've been testing morning noon and night - nothing! xo thanks for asking though. i was really exciting leading up to say, 10dpo, then that turned to frustration and now i'm like - bring on next cycle! xo

 

[Veganlily]

I can't believe our very own mrs Chezek is having/had her baby already! So happy for her but also makes me feel like I've been ttc for a long time...specialist march 12!

 

[luna_19]

I know how you feel lily :/

Got my day 21 progesterone results, 57.1!

 

[Newbie32]

Ditto lily! Amazing news but does make it feel like forever...

Sounds good Luna! Is that good? Lol x

 

[luna_19]

Last time I had it done it was 28 which is considered pretty good

 

[Newbie32]

Then that's excellent Luna!!!!

Fx you got it!!!

 

[zeropatience]

Hi horsey,
Thanks for the insight! I was wondering if thyroid would have an effect like that on my temps...I had it tested back in August and it was normal, but maybe I'll have it tested again now that I have this new piece of information!
Hope wedding prep is going well and things are going the way you want!!

 

[AuCa]

That's great news Luna!!

And we're off for more bloodwork....

 

[Goldfish]

Newbie - congrats on your new job!!

Horsey

Baking - hope you catch that egg!

Auca - more bloodwork? Which tests are you having done?

Lily, Luna, Newbie - ditto times 3! I remember when mrschezek announced her BFP...gosh I can't believe it was that long ago!

I think I'm losing it...yesterday we were at the shops and I was wistfully smiling at all the little toddlers and kids. Then I saw a pregnant lady with a big bump and suddenly I burst into tears Hubby had to take me aside so people wouldn't wonder why I was crying in the middle of a shop!

 

[AuCa]

Goldfish - It's hard sometimes, and I think your reaction is totally understandable. I have crazy mood swings regarding pregnant women and babies/kids as well sometimes. One minute I feel all happy, and the next minute I'm totally down.

I think I broke my blood work record today - 10 vials. When the technician kept adding vial after vial on the table I asked her if she was sure that I would have that much blood, lol. DH was all worried afterwords that I would faint, but it was totally fine. I still have to go for one more appointment. Last time I did all the Day 3 stuff and some general tests (total blood count, thryoid etc), and Istill have a whole sheet with STD and antibody titres to go. Today was all clotting related, because I have a family history of thrombosis and thus the doc wanted to get that all checked (I think IVF meds increase the risks for thrombosis quite a bit). Who knew that would consist of a thousand different tests....
DH had to do the obvious - STDs, hormone levels, and also had to give blood (and saliva) for genetic testing.

 

[luna_19]

Wow that is a lot of blood! Were your day 3 tests all good?

 

[AuCa]

Not sure....We don't have another consult until end of March, and we can't access anything online unfortunately. I might contact the doc before that (once I got all my tests done) and ask him to send us the results, but not sure if they're going to do it (or I guess I could go see my family doc and ask her to access my results...maybe I'll do that).

 

[luna_19]

Well that's dumb that you have to wait. I'm pretty sure they have to give you a copy if you ask for it

 

[Twag]

Horsey

Goldfish

Wow lots of blood Auca

 

[Goldfish]

Auca - good grief, 10 vials! I don't think I've had more than 4 or 5 vials taken in one go. Hopefully you'll get lots of results from them!

Well after the past few days of extreme moodiness thinking I wasn't going to ovulate, FF now thinks I did, which is a start!

 

[bakingbabe]

yay for o'ing, goldfish! Hello tww!

 

[bakingbabe]

Auca, I did three vials in Dec and thought that was a lot! I can't imagine 10 at once, wow! I hope you get some good news from all that.

 

[luna_19]

I think I had 5 the first time because I was getting a bunch of tests done. I was actually all happy that the other day just needed one

 

[zeropatience]

hi ladies,
good luck to auca and luna who are both getting tests done!!

I just wanted to share something silly...I got my first +OPK ever!! I'm so excited and hopeful right now!!! Wish me luck that DH and I can catch that egg!!! Yay!!!

 

[Goldfish]

ZP - yay! such a good feeling to get a positive *something* isn't it!!

Baking - looks like you may have O just 1 day after me so let's hang out in the TWW together!

I have my first fertility appt tomorrow...nervous but kinda excited.