TTC #1- Looking for buddies!

[Dream143r]

DH has already asked if he can give me the trigger shot. I'm not sure if I want him to do it though lol we'll see. I'm okay with needles but if it hurts I'd rather blame myself.

Yea another scan and bloodwork tomorrow morning (CD9) then acupuncture in the afternoon. Haven't received any details from CD3 or the repeat SA. It's all nurses we're seeing right now, I won't see my doc again until IUI day. and actually even that day it may not be him. The docs at my clinic are on rotation so depending on what day it falls I could get someone else. I'll for sure see him again though on June 8th to review how the entire cycle went and decide on next steps if needed.

 

[tbfromlv]

flow picked up yesterday evening so I went ahead and told them to count today as CD 1 so stims will start tomorrow. I am a little nervous about the traveling. I plan on traveling on Cd 10 which means I cannot have a scan that day and won’t get to Prague until the afternoon of CD 11. Or I could do travel cd 11 and get there the am of Cd 12...this is my stressor right now lol not the meds or the procedure.. timing traveling. Can’t go any earlier than that either.

Dream that’s exciting, feels good to progress. The trigger shot I took had the worlds smallest needle and I didn’t really feel it lol. I got really worked up about it beforehand though

 

[SunnyBe]

Dream, hope the results won't matter by June 8th and you'll have other things to discuss with your doctor!!

Tb, change the scan to CD9, they're a couple hours ahead of us anyway, so it's almost CD10 that way

 

[SarahTTC3]

Sunny- I hope this weeks flies by for you!

TB- I pray everything goes well for you.

Dream- Hopefully the shot won't be to bad.

Amber- How exciting for you. Glad the party when well!!!

AFM- Apparently I am on CD10. I noticed some CM when I went to the bathroom and quickly looked at my calendar. Guess I will be using my OPKS when I get home. Will be my first time getting a positive if it works right. Still Want to lose some weight but it will be cool to see if I am reading my body right. As of this morning I am down 16lbs in 3 weeks! I am blown away at this. I lost that when I was on weight watchers in 4 months... So funny how the body reacts to different thing. Once I hit 20 I will have a little cheat day. I am craving some Baskin Robbins, Pizza, and literally everything else that comes to mind. Scared to really cheat cause I don't want to gain any back or not want to get back on the diet. I have about 40ish more pounds to lose.

 

[Dream143r]

Great work Sarah!

 

[SunnyBe]

That's very impressive Sarah! Wow How did your OPK look?

Good luck today Dream!

 

[SarahTTC3]

I had a faint line!!! So I am ovulating this month. Will test again, this evening. Looks like Saturday will be ovulation day. Trying not to stress over it to much. It is hard not too. Still on the fence of rather to wait until I drop the weight I want to lose or just go for it. I can still stay on keto if I happen to get pregnant, which is a good thing. I just feel like my clock is ticking away.

 

[SunnyBe]

Keep in mind that OPK's pick up the amount of luteinizing hormone (LH) in your urine. Everyone always has some amount of LH in their bodies (women more so than men, but let your DH pee on one and you'll see a faint line too). About 36 hours before ovulation, that amount of LH skyrockets, and instead of a faint line, the line is as dark or darker than the control line.

It's still early though. Getting a positive on CD10 is not necessarily a good thing either, as early ovulation is often correlated with a lower amount of ovarian reserve. So just keep testing over the next couple of days

 

[tbfromlv]

Sarah that’s great! Good work! And yes like sunny says with the opks, you will likely always have some sort of line. Mine would get lighter and darker and never progress but when you are getting ready to O it will suddenly become very dark. It needs to be as dark as or darker than the control line. Good luck!

Afm- I start my stims tonight. I’m butterflies in your stomach excited guys lol also trying to get one of my doctors here to do an ekg for me so I can leave Thursday and not Wednesday. That’s my main stressor lol. We will be flying into Frankfurt Germany then taking a quick 1 hour flight over to Prague. We fly standby so when the flights directly to Prague were filling up, we decided to take the safer bet of the wide open flights to Germany. Ahh! Can’t wait!

 

[Dream143r]

Oh TB its oh so real now eh? Eeek. I'm so hopeful for you.

My next monitoring day will be Saturday at CD12. They actually wanted to see me Friday but I pushed it. I'm committed and I want to do things right, the days they ask but Fridays are really hard for me. I start work at 6am and the clinic only takes appointments 630am-9am. Doesn't really work. I don't really O this early so I wasn't too worried and they didn't make a big fuss about the date switch so I'm pretty sure everything is okay.

 

[tbfromlv]

Dream- That’s nice, you’re probably right- the date isn’t going to be a big deal, especially being just one day. My first ultrasound on Monday will
Be during one of the most fun events at school. Of course it’s the next to last day too lol oh well. My principal knows exactly what’s going on and doesn’t mind.
You usually o around day 16, right? Do you have your trigger shot at home or will you just get it from your doctors office?

I officially just had my first injection. After a moment of freaking out, I finally let DH jab me.. and I felt nothing good to know. Hopefully I can start doing them for myself at some point but he’s doing great so far lol

 

[steph1607]

Ahhhh TB I'm so excited for you (I have butterflies too )

Yes, the injections for stims are definitely not a big deal - you get yourself worked up and then think "wow, was that it!".

Hope everything works out perfectly in terms of getting your scan done and flying on the day you want to fly. Europe is currently sunny for you!

Dream, lots of excitement for you too!!

Sunny and Amber, hope all is well with you and your kiddos!!

 

[Dream143r]

Yea I usually O around CD16-17. I'll get the shot from the clinic once they know when they want me to inject it.

TB - Yay for first injections, ah it's so real now. I couldn't be more excited for you.

CD10 today, I can't decide if I still want to do OPKs this cycle or kinda just let the docs do their thing. If I do take them I usually start at CD11 which is tomorrow...

Silly question: Does the trigger not effect your temp? Will temping still predict O as accurately when you've taken a trigger shot is what I mean... The HCG doesn't raise your temp right? It's the progesterone...

 

[SunnyBe]

Tb, so glad the first injection went well! I can't believe how fast all of this has gone and you're almost ready to travel. It's so funny to think you'll be walking into the same building as I did a couple months ago.

Dream, the hCG may boost the progesterone which leads to a temp increase but doesn't do anything by itself. I would definitely use OPK's just to make sure you're not ovulating early and miss it. All kinds of exciting stuff happening in our little group!!

Steph, hi!! How have you been?

Amber, thinking of you. Hope your appointment goes well today

 

[tbfromlv]

Sunny- I know! I can’t thank you enough for sharing your experience. ivf would never have been a real possibility for me otherwise. I have my ekg tomorrow afternoon and I’ll be officially ready to go!

Dream I agree with Sunny!

Amber how did it go today?

Steph- thank you! I can handle sunny how’s everything been going with you?

 

[AmberR]

Hey guys! So much exciting things going on in our group, I love it!!

I hope everything goes well for you both tb and dream!

Sunny- you're 10 weeks already! Only 1 week until your ultrasound. I'm so excited for you!

Sarah- hope you get a nice + OPK in the next few days!

Things went pretty good today. The ultrasound didn't show the spot on the heart but there is a small spot on the stomach lining still. The specialist was not too worried about it though. They said chances of down syndrome based on my blood tests are about 4%. I am getting the cell free DNA done, just waiting on insurance pre-authorization first. They do want to do ultrasounds every 4 weeks just to keep an eye on the stomach in case anything changes, but often it is no big deal. Also they were concerned about marginal cord insertion on my previous ultrasound but said it looks fine now. So overall feeling pretty good about everything. I just had this feeling that everything would be ok! I'm not sure that ultrasounds every month are completely necessary, but I am going to love seeing my sweet boy every month! Oh, and he has turned head down now, so that was neat to find out.

Sorry to write a novel

 

[tbfromlv]

Amber that’s wonderful news! Seeing baby that often sure can’t be a bad thing! You will love that!

 

[Dream143r]

Amber - that's awesome, such a relief. I felt like everything would be okay too. I didn't want to be insensitive though because your fears and feelings were completely valid. I feel like saying "don't worry it will be fine" is just as annoying as when people say to me "don't worry, it will happen". When the fact is we really don't know. I'm so happy to hear that weight has been lifted from you for the most part now. Scans every 4 weeks will be so much fun. Kind of a little blessing in disguise if you will.

I'm going to take your advice guys and still do my OPKs this cycle. So I'll start this afternoon after work. My next scan is tomorrow. FX these follicles are still growing well.

Happy Friday - Have a great weekend ladies.

Oh I don't think I mentioned we're babysitting my godson all weekend. EEeek, he's about 4.5 months. Wish me luck!

 

[tbfromlv]

Dream how fun! I’m sure you will do great! I’m excited to hear about your scan tomorrow! Our bodies are so interesting. Keep us updated!

I had a dream I had my scan and they only saw four follicles growing. I was freaking out lol. I already know that will be impossible because I always have many. But in my dream I kept saying “how?!” Lol

 

[SunnyBe]

That's great news Amber! You must be so relieved. Glad to hear your little boy is doing well

Dream, ahhh that's so cute. Good way to practice too

Tb, hahaha yeah I'm thinking you'll have a bit more than just 4. Dreams can be so weird sometimes. When is your first ultrasound?

Have a great weekend!!