TTC 1st child 35+ (Please spoiler any PG news/announcements).

[HappyAuntie]

(thus all the margaritas and chilled wine...LOL)

LOL! The Indianapolis 500 is coming up Memorial Day weekend and this whole city goes nuts. I am so NOT a race fan, but I am SO TOTALLY using it as an excuse to do some tailgating and beer drinking with friends! We have to give ourselves some freedom to cut loose with all we've been through, right?!

As for the progesterone I am not afraid to go without, but that's because I knew for absolute certain I was not pregnant. It was a physical impossibility - we deliberately did not have sex during my fertile window last month, or the month before. That's the only way to really and truly take a break... otherwise there's still that tiny little part of me that holds out a glimmer of hope that this was the month (as much as I try to deny it), leading to that inevitable disappointment when AF arrives.... So nope - when I say taking a break, I mean we are really taking a break. There is no chance that I will get pregnant this month. And that's ok - not being disappointed feels good. And there's always next month.

 

[twinkle1975]

Oh my goodness poor Rebekah (MA) I'll be saying lots of prayers for her too xx

 

[Baby4MJ]

(thus all the margaritas and chilled wine...LOL)

LOL! The Indianapolis 500 is coming up Memorial Day weekend and this whole city goes nuts. I am so NOT a race fan, but I am SO TOTALLY using it as an excuse to do some tailgating and beer drinking with friends! We have to give ourselves some freedom to cut loose with all we've been through, right?!

As for the progesterone I am not afraid to go without, but that's because I knew for absolute certain I was not pregnant. It was a physical impossibility - we deliberately did not have sex during my fertile window last month, or the month before. That's the only way to really and truly take a break... otherwise there's still that tiny little part of me that holds out a glimmer of hope that this was the month (as much as I try to deny it), leading to that inevitable disappointment when AF arrives.... So nope - when I say taking a break, I mean we are really taking a break. There is no chance that I will get pregnant this month. And that's ok - not being disappointed feels good. And there's always next month.

I'd attend a weekend of monster truck rallies and mud wrestling if it meant a chance at some liquid unwinding with friends. Nothing like a little pain-go-bye-bye juice to help you through every once in while anyway.

I think I'm afraid to take a total break because I'm pushing 40 and feel like I don't have any more months to spare. You're right, though, it would be nice to have a bit of time not to feel disappointed (what does that feel like?? I can't remember...). But this will certainly help! LOL...

 

[lavalux]

I am saying prayers for MA and her little one. Please keep us posted!

 

[gingerbread]

Hi girls! I am loving all of the positivity from all your posts!!! Sometimes it just gets so down with all of our emotions that it feels good to come on & feel like I can LITERALLY see you all smiling and joking! And I have to say again how nice it is to SEE all of my new friends. Loving all the new profile pics.

Carol thank you for your kind words the other day. It definately was a pick me up to get your advice. THANK YOU!!!

MA you are in all of our prayers. I hope to hear some good news from you soon hun.

Loving the whateves attitude. Sounds like a good idea...think I'll join you

Love to all of you beautiful women and welcome to the newbies!

 

[skye2010]

HA the cutest pict award needs to go to you, Although MJ's mad cat is perhaps just behind HHHHahahahahaha!!!! I was just having a bit of a low evening and you gave me a good lough. Thanx hon. I'll catch up tomorrow girls xxxx

 

[FutureMommie]

Hi ladies, I have been super busy at work and havn't had much time to log in.

Missyt- Yes I'm doing injections for a week, and tomorrow I will take 2 injections one injection of 200iu of follistim and an injection of ganarellix which should slow the grow of any follies that are already matured. I go in for a scan on monday. I haven't switched to IVF this is all for an IUI. By the way I love the profile pic and love seeing your face finally1

HA- Love the profile pic!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!

Skye- how are those babies (notice the plural) doing in there?

Tomorrow should be a little calmer so I will try and stay on top of the thread.

Thank you all for rooting for me!!!!

 

[Nikki Leigh]

What's up "whatevs"? LOL.

I'm loving all the avatar photos on here! I should put mine up, but...

My prayers to MA!

No + OPK last night either. I'll try again tonight. For all I know, I might have OV last week. Whatevs. If so, maybe there was something hanging around to catch the eggie last week. But will be having ONE drink tomorrow, regardless.

 

[skye2010]

Still no news of Rebekah, I'm guessing they're keeping her in the hospital, otherwise she would have updated. Hope everything is good. Will carry on praying for her.

 

[Dwrgi]

Hello Everybody! How are you all? I haven't had much time this week to follow the threads-sooooo busy in work. Grrr. But, I'm thinking of you all, and hoping that you are okay, and that any treatment is going well. Seem to remember that FM and Lava had triggers on Friday-today... GOOD LUCK!!! And lots of hugs to MA too. Hope you're okay, hun.

Just wanted to ask your expert opinions! My OH had his sperm analysed yesterday (three months after disasterous sperm wash for IUI which produced FOUR sperm-yup, just count them!). Just had chat with fertility nurse and these are the results. 2ml total vol. I get that. 3 million total sperm per ml (I get this-very low number and actually much less than in the Spring when he had 22 and 18 million per ml-how does this make sense??). Total functional sperm yesterday was 1.05 ml, and total sperm concentration was 1.25 mill. After washing, total functional sperm was 0.8 mill (35% motility pre was; 64% post wash). AAARGGGGHHHHH! Why do you need an Advanced Biology degree to understand these figs....?? I'm encouraged that motility has gone up from 13% in the Spring to 64% now, but why has total count gone down? We didn't do any type of THE OTHER..... He has been on vits and Wellman Conception, which I'm attributing the rise in motility and total functional sperm to.

Could anybody make this any clearer please??? I know that WHO guidelines are 15 million sperm per ml, so OH is woefully under this......

Sorry to hog, I will catch up with everybody over the weekend. In the meantime, to you all!

Lots and lots of love
A
xxxx
And huge to us all....

 

[lavalux]

Wait, Dwgri, but isn't that good improvement (13% motility to 64% motility)? I guess the issue is low count. Is that why they referred you to IVF? I guess in that case they only need 1 and they can do ICSI. I have to admit, my DH was borderline when we came in for initial consult so DH started ConceptionXR, and when they retested everything but morphlogy at our IUI last cycle, the motility increase 49%. Still, I made them give me the numbers with my DH present 2 times, then asked the nurse and 3rd time, and I swear, we have college degrees and I could not for the life of me make any sense of then numbers. They kept saying there was an improvement, but they were taking a percentage out of a slightly lower pool. Anyway, all this to say, it is so confusing and frustrating.

Good luck FM with the IUI, who else is doing one this cycle?

HA,
Love your picture, too. You and your husband look so good together! It is great seeing everyone's faces.

Baby4MJ,
I too am pushing 40 in just five short months and don't feel that I can take a break completely. If the this IUI we're doing today doesn't work and neither done an injectible IUI cycle in June, we will stop treatments for a while and regroup, but we can't stop trying naturally because I feel the time is ticking. I guess at some point this TTC stuff will be over and we can go back from not caring when I get my period or BD. That will be such a relief.

Heading to the doctors. DH has to do his business "in the chair" as he calls it. The transfer is at 10 a.m.. I got a crappy night sleep b/c that trigger shot is painful & on the arm which I normally lay my head on. And I have a headache, but I'm scared to take Advil & and didn't know if I should take more aspirin since I'm taking the chewable kind already. I can tough it out though.

MA,
I will listen to your advise and lay on the table today for at least 15 minutes. No rushing me out of the room today! Thanks!

Good luck Nikki Leigh with the BDin this week!!!! Get some candles and sexy time music! LOL

Everyone have a good day!

 

[twinkle1975]

Okay - just for you ladies & just for a while I'll be me in my avatar!!
Lava - lots of luck with the IUI - keeping everything crossed for you.
Dwrgi - I don't get it either!!
Skye - sorry you're having a low evening - are you feeling any better today?
I too shall be partaking of a little this weekend!!
Love to all of you xxx

 

[Dwrgi]

Wait, Dwgri, but isn't that good improvement (13% motility to 64% motility)? I guess the issue is low count. Is that why they referred you to IVF? I guess in that case they only need 1 and they can do ICSI. I have to admit, my DH was borderline when we came in for initial consult so DH started ConceptionXR, and when they retested everything but morphlogy at our IUI last cycle, the motility increase 49%. Still, I made them give me the numbers with my DH present 2 times, then asked the nurse and 3rd time, and I swear, we have college degrees and I could not for the life of me make any sense of then numbers. They kept saying there was an improvement, but they were taking a percentage out of a slightly lower pool. Anyway, all this to say, it is so confusing and frustrating.

Good luck FM with the IUI, who else is doing one this cycle?

HA,
Love your picture, too. You and your husband look so good together! It is great seeing everyone's faces.

Baby4MJ,
I too am pushing 40 in just five short months and don't feel that I can take a break completely. If the this IUI we're doing today doesn't work and neither done an injectible IUI cycle in June, we will stop treatments for a while and regroup, but we can't stop trying naturally because I feel the time is ticking. I guess at some point this TTC stuff will be over and we can go back from not caring when I get my period or BD. That will be such a relief.

Heading to the doctors. DH has to do his business "in the chair" as he calls it. The transfer is at 10 a.m.. I got a crappy night sleep b/c that trigger shot is painful & on the arm which I normally lay my head on. And I have a headache, but I'm scared to take Advil & and didn't know if I should take more aspirin since I'm taking the chewable kind already. I can tough it out though.

MA,
I will listen to your advise and lay on the table today for at least 15 minutes. No rushing me out of the room today! Thanks!

Good luck Nikki Leigh with the BDin this week!!!! Get some candles and sexy time music! LOL

Everyone have a good day!

A huge 'Good Luck' to you-I hope your headache clears and that it all goes well. Defo no hopping off the bed straight away-take your time and send positive vibes to your womb!! Lots of visualisation, according to fertility expert Zita West, is hugely beneficial! Go for it!

Thanks for the advice-I have several degrees and qualifications, and can't make sense of it all. The motility improvement is wonderful, just want to work on the total count now. Why isn't anything straightforward???

Lots of luck and huge hugs to you!

 

[HappyAuntie]

I'd attend a weekend of monster truck rallies and mud wrestling if it meant a chance at some liquid unwinding with friends.

HA the cutest pict award needs to go to you, Although MJ's mad cat is perhaps just behind HHHHahahahahaha!!!!

Aww, thanks! And MJ, every time I look at your pic, I just wait for your kitty to wiggle its butt and pounce out of the bag at us! I agree, it is nice to see everyone's faces. I avoided it until now for privacy reasons (since this is a totally public forum) - it just kinda creeps me out a little - but I'll live with that.

Just wanted to ask your expert opinions! My OH had his sperm analysed yesterday (three months after disasterous sperm wash for IUI which produced FOUR sperm-yup, just count them!). Just had chat with fertility nurse and these are the results. 2ml total vol. I get that. 3 million total sperm per ml (I get this-very low number and actually much less than in the Spring when he had 22 and 18 million per ml-how does this make sense??). Total functional sperm yesterday was 1.05 ml, and total sperm concentration was 1.25 mill. After washing, total functional sperm was 0.8 mill (35% motility pre was; 64% post wash). AAARGGGGHHHHH! Why do you need an Advanced Biology degree to understand these figs....?? I'm encouraged that motility has gone up from 13% in the Spring to 64% now, but why has total count gone down? We didn't do any type of THE OTHER..... He has been on vits and Wellman Conception, which I'm attributing the rise in motility and total functional sperm to.

Could anybody make this any clearer please??? I know that WHO guidelines are 15 million sperm per ml, so OH is woefully under this......

All I know for certain is that SAs can vary drastically from one day to the next even if the man makes absolutely no changes to his diet/lifestyle between them. That's why they don't make any sort of male factor diagnosis until they get three SAs that are fairly consistent (ie not the exact same numbers but the same issue, iykwim). Because of that, I try not to dissect the results too much or it'll make me crazy. Remember that the wash will improve motility in the sample by getting rid of the dead/immotile sperm, so make sure you're comparing apples to apples - post-wash to post-wash numbers, or pre-wash to pre-wash. And if you don't understand, call your clinic back and ask, ask, ask. Keep asking questions until they explain it in a way that you understand. Make them earn your money!

Heading to the doctors. DH has to do his business "in the chair" as he calls it. The transfer is at 10 a.m.. I got a crappy night sleep b/c that trigger shot is painful & on the arm which I normally lay my head on. And I have a headache, but I'm scared to take Advil & and didn't know if I should take more aspirin since I'm taking the chewable kind already. I can tough it out though.

Good luck today!! I'm curious about your trigger, though - I use ovidrel, and since it's a sub-cutaneous shot I just take it in the belly like my follistim. It usually stings a little for about half an hour, but no pain to speak of.... What do you use that it has to be in the arm?

Okay - just for you ladies & just for a while I'll be me in my avatar!!

I love wedding pics.


AFM, nothing going on to speak of today. Yoga, house-cleaning (my parents arrive Wednesday for a visit so I feel compelled to get the place up to mom's standards! ), grocery shopping, boring stuff that makes the world go 'round. I'm a little worried that MA hasn't updated anywhere yet... hopefully it's just because she's still in the hospital and just doesn't have access. Praying for good news there.

Happy Friday, everyone.

 

[FutureMommie]

Dwigi- The SA is a big improvement but I know it's still frusturating! FX

Lava- Good luck with your IUI, I'm sorry you feel crappy, like HA I take my injections all in the belly and I have quite a bit of fat there so it may sting a little but after that I'm fine. Anyways I hope this does the trick and you get your bfp. We need some more good news over here.

Twinkle- Love the pic! I feel like I'm meeting you for the first time, virtually of course.

HA- enjoy your parents visit.

afm- I sill have more injections to go, in fact tonight I have 2 injections a follistim injection and ganarellix which will slow the growth of any follicles tht are already mature so they don't release before the IUI. Monday I will go in for a scan to see how many are in there and have my IUI sometime next week. I know something is going on in there I can feel it.

 

[Baby4MJ]

What's up "whatevs"? LOL.

The Whateves...well, we're just hangin', ya know...slobbin' around on the sofa sippin' on a bottle o'wine in a paper sack...because, it's all good and we are so mellow and, huh? Wha? TTC? What does that stand for?? LOL...

My prayers to MA!

Has anyone heard any news about MA yet? Starting to worry...

No + OPK last night either. I'll try again tonight. For all I know, I might have OV last week. Whatevs. If so, maybe there was something hanging around to catch the eggie last week. But will be having ONE drink tomorrow, regardless.

DH and I will be hopping on the BD train again soon, so I'll be joining you for that drink! (soon as we get the house guests out...how is it that we always have house guests when it's time to BD??...this is the 3rd month in a row! Maybe someone is trying to tell me something...like a boozer should not be trying to get knocked up (though, isn't booze usually the culprit when someone turns up preggo??... https://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff87/speedx55/weblo/smiley_drunk.gif...LOL...)

 

[twinkle1975]

I'm worried about MA too - guess we'll just have to be patient & keep praying

 

[Baby4MJ]

I'd attend a weekend of monster truck rallies and mud wrestling if it meant a chance at some liquid unwinding with friends.

HA the cutest pict award needs to go to you, Although MJ's mad cat is perhaps just behind HHHHahahahahaha!!!!

Aww, thanks! And MJ, every time I look at your pic, I just wait for your kitty to wiggle its butt and pounce out of the bag at us! I agree, it is nice to see everyone's faces. I avoided it until now for privacy reasons (since this is a totally public forum) - it just kinda creeps me out a little - but I'll live with that.

I have to agree with skye - Seriously, HA, but how cute is your picture! FAB-U-LOUS! Love it! Glad you posted. Like Nikki said, it's tempting to follow suit and post my own pic (other than those of my crazy felines), but...errr....ummm...

 

[skye2010]

Girls, i'm really quite panicking. My numbers are not rising much the last couple of days. The consultant called me for an early scan tomorrow (suppose to be on Wednesday) just to see if the baby is there. DH's gone for the day to Krakow to sort out some family issues. And I have to spend the night alone and go to this appt by myself tomorrow. I'd be devestated if they tell me the sac is empty. Pls pray forme too....

 

[twinkle1975]

Girls, i'm really quite panicking. My numbers are not rising much the last couple of days. The consultant called me for an early scan tomorrow (suppose to be on Wednesday) just to see if the baby is there. DH's gone for the day to Krakow to sort out some family issues. And I have to spend the night alone and go to this appt by myself tomorrow. I'd be devestated if they tell me the sac is empty. Pls pray forme too....

Oh Skye - I'm so sorry you're alone and going through this. I'll be praying for you and keeping everything crossed