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

[drsquid]

dwrgi- i hate those glass vials.. they use them for lidocaine in lumbar puncture trays. im always afraid im going to cut myself. glad you figured out the needle problem.. the bigger the needle the harder it is to get it through the skin so you mighta guessed =) so any pics of your hottie doc?

asry- cute doggie. i have cats who are nuts

afm- working working working.. ick.. forgot my clock no longer changes itself for dst (well it does but they changed the dates so now i fix it 4 times a year).. i was about 40 min late for work.. my coworker (at a dif hospital) was even later.. which ended up being a good thing because he felt bad about me having to cover and read a ton of my chest xrays.. my list is clear at 11.30 am.. still stuck here til 5 though.. need you all to keep me amused =)

 

[Dwrgi]

dwrgi- i hate those glass vials.. they use them for lidocaine in lumbar puncture trays. im always afraid im going to cut myself. glad you figured out the needle problem.. the bigger the needle the harder it is to get it through the skin so you mighta guessed =) so any pics of your hottie doc?

asry- cute doggie. i have cats who are nuts

afm- working working working.. ick.. forgot my clock no longer changes itself for dst (well it does but they changed the dates so now i fix it 4 times a year).. i was about 40 min late for work.. my coworker (at a dif hospital) was even later.. which ended up being a good thing because he felt bad about me having to cover and read a ton of my chest xrays.. my list is clear at 11.30 am.. still stuck here til 5 though.. need you all to keep me amused =)

Glad to know that it wasn't just me! Others at my clinic have said the same too, so why have them in the vials????

If you google Lyndon Miles you may come across the embryologist-he worked and taught in Harvard for a while.

Hope the day passes fast for you..... book of sudoku always keeps me busy!
x

 

[twinkle1975]

Dwrgi - will be checking in tomorrow to see how it goes - keeping everything crossed for you! xx

 

[purplelou]

Dwrgi - I shall be thinking of you tomorrow at 10.30 and hoping LL has the magic touch!! maybe you should thinking about trimming your ermm "topiary" into a lovely heart or something

Asry - omg your puppy is soooo cute!! and you look soooo young!!

DrS - I am guessing that iui has about a similar chance of success as dtd, and it'll take most people afew goes to get lucky, though in a few cases people will concieve on their first month.... so don't get down or worried yet!

Butterfly - good luck!! I hope you catch that eggy!!

HA - did you have a lovely time last night, I hope dinner and a movie was fun and that you managed some sleep last night

Big to all you other lovely ladies xx I hope you are all having a nice weekend!

afm, nothing new to report here - it's been so warm today - I can't believe it I've put in some bulbs for the summer and planted some strawberry plants all in tubs around the door to the garden oh - and I stayed in PJs all day !!

 

[purplelou]

and Dwrgi - is this LL ??

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7555141.stm

(3rd pic down I think)

if so .....swoon!!

 

[Dwrgi]

and Dwrgi - is this LL ??

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7555141.stm

(3rd pic down I think)

if so .....swoon!!

Oh yes, that's him, and yes, swooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!!!

Love the PJs for the day, you naughty girl, but why the heck not???!!!

 

[HappyAuntie]

Dwrgi, I totally "trimmed the topiary" before my retrieval, too!! My dr is no LL (I adore him but he's no real looker), I just can't stand it being too shaggy down there... and I can't help but wonder how many different styles he sees on any given day! I'm sorry triggering was so stressful. I have everything crossed that tomorrow goes swimmingly. And hey, anything more than two will be a smashing success! (Edit - just saw LL's pic - swoon!!)

Asry, that pup is adorable!!!

DrS, I'm not going to tell you not to worry because I know how fruitless that advice is! But what I try to remind everyone is not to compare your cycle/treatment/response to anyone else's. Everyone is completely fertile until proven otherwise, and you most definitely have NOT been proven otherwise. It is completely NORMAL for IUI to take 3 tries. I don't remember the specific numbers, but the very vast majority of people who are successful with IUI are successful in the first three tries. After three or four, most drs will recommend a change of course (either add different drugs or move to IVF), because otherwise you run the risk of spending so much time and money on IUI that could be spent on IVF which has a higher success rate. But if you don't want to do IVF, and if you have the money and time, there is no harm in doing more than three or four. Personally, I wrote our first IUI off due to the learning curve (since it was our first, dr used a pretty low dose of follistim and I only produced one or two follies) so I was comfortable doing four before considering alternatives, and we got pregnant on the fourth cycle (our third cycle was cancelled before the insem because I ovulated too soon - after that our dr added ganirelix to suppress ovulation). I lost the baby (big f*cking surprise there), but we went ahead and did two more IUIs before moving on to IVF since we knew the procedure worked for us. All that to say, you're still well within the realm of NORMAL. I know it's hard to stay hopeful, so we'll fly that flag for you.

And if you need us to help keep you entertained today, tell us, what's the strangest thing you've ever seen on an x-ray? (Without breaking any HIPAA rules, naturally. )

It must be BBQ day or something - I have a BBQ brisket in the crock pot and the whole house smells so good!! I have all the windows open because it's gorgeous outside today, and I can still smell that brisket cooking! DH and I had a lovely date night on Friday - outstanding dinner, then we saw "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". I enjoyed the movie but had a hard time following it - I haven't read the book and I'm sure that would have helped. When we got home that night I had a message from my bestest friend wanting to know if I was up to lunch and a movie on Saturday, so I spent yesterday with her and it was wonderful - just what I needed to help me start stepping out again and talking about this baby more. We saw "Iron Lady" and good Lord, Meryl Streep is incredible. What a tour de force. Now I'm just taking it easy - I should be doing yard work since the weather is so nice, but I don't want to and you can't make me! So I'm watching a movie instead.

 

[drsquid]

auntie and purple- thanks.. i appreciate it.. i know they say it decreases after 3 but.. that also generally resupposes 12 cycle of dtd which i am not doing (single) so. first was unmedicated. 2nd was femara day 2-6, and third was day 3-7 (dif day of the us). this is the first time i am 100% sure about catching ovulation.. now i just get to worry about whether the spermies went bad.

dwrgi- ooh cute.. this is mine https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/12/3141/study-looks-how-amazon-tribal-healers-diagnose-treat-disease

 

[twinkle1975]

Ooo - pretty doctor!!!

Hurrah for a PJ day!!

 

[drsquid]

oh and i forgot.. so i am too lazy to do any weedwacking in general but i did it before my hsg cause i used to work there. then i was all worried hed think i cleaned up for him when i went for the next iui

 

[froliky2011]

Arsy - Cute puppy! Awe! Now you have another companion during the TTW and there on. I am not symptom spotting. Nothing going on. It's still early anyway. I have read other women post they thought for sure they were pregnant and then I read that too many times I guess. However, I do check my temperature in the morning just to see if it's still higher but I am on progesterone so doesn't really say much.

LadyH - I hope everything is OK.

DrS - HA has good advice. I guess I have felt pretty positive for you but not sure why.

Dwrgi - Sorry about the trigger incident. If you had a lot of follicles without eggs were they smaller or mature too? Wow! Learn something new everyday. In addition, what is "neatly trimmed topiary for the LL?" I feel so clueless sometimes.

HA - Wow! I'm glad you had a nice weekend. After my mc I did not want to do anything for like 2 weeks or so and it took a while to get back into 'normal' for me. The acupuncture sure did help a lot. Enjoy your movie.

Purple - Gardening is great! Flowers are blooming here already. Spring is in the air. I smelled the orchid tree flowers yesterday on my jog, saw a bird taking a bath in a puddle of water, two doves mating and lots of bird calls. It was great! The simple things keep me going and appreciative. to your dad. I hope the burn is not to painful. again...

Hi to the rest of you...LilS, Missy, Never, Twinkle, Carol, Sky..I know I missed someone but don't really want to go through the threads. Sorry,

 

[HappyAuntie]

oh and i forgot.. so i am too lazy to do any weedwacking in general but i did it before my hsg cause i used to work there. then i was all worried hed think i cleaned up for him when i went for the next iui

It's hilarious that we all wonder what our drs think about our, er, um, hairstyles... I'm sure they have seen it all and really don't care what it looks like down there, and yet none of us want to look shaggy on a big day!! I blame the rise of internet porn - I mean, really, before porn became so commonplace and easily accessible, how many people really cared what it looked like?? And now there's a waxing place on every corner - it must be a huge industry. (Waxing, not porn. Well no, porn is a huge industry, too. And not that I've ever tried waxing it - I can't even imagine the pain. No thank you!)

 

[Dwrgi]

auntie and purple- thanks.. i appreciate it.. i know they say it decreases after 3 but.. that also generally resupposes 12 cycle of dtd which i am not doing (single) so. first was unmedicated. 2nd was femara day 2-6, and third was day 3-7 (dif day of the us). this is the first time i am 100% sure about catching ovulation.. now i just get to worry about whether the spermies went bad.

dwrgi- ooh cute.. this is mine https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/12/3141/study-looks-how-amazon-tribal-healers-diagnose-treat-disease

I see what you mean-VERY handsome, and he likes children too! He is a god.

 

[froliky2011]

oh and i forgot.. so i am too lazy to do any weedwacking in general but i did it before my hsg cause i used to work there. then i was all worried hed think i cleaned up for him when i went for the next iui

It's hilarious that we all wonder what our drs think about our, er, um, hairstyles... I'm sure they have seen it all and really don't care what it looks like down there, and yet none of us want to look shaggy on a big day!! I blame the rise of internet porn - I mean, really, before porn became so commonplace and easily accessible, how many people really cared what it looked like?? And now there's a waxing place on every corner - it must be a huge industry. (Waxing, not porn. Well no, porn is a huge industry, too. And not that I've ever tried waxing it - I can't even imagine the pain. No thank you!)

I am so clueless. I did not even know what DrS was referring to until I read HA's response!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[froliky2011]

I just went to the front page and started reading. Wow! Dwrgi, HA, Twinkle, Carol, Heart...... This thread started two years ago! I am humbled.

Twinkle - Good luck with HSG. Take an pain reliever. I had pretty bad cramping afterwards with mine (started about an hour afterwards).

 

[drsquid]

oh froliky... the innocence =) thanks for the confidence too

yeah he is a good guy. TOTAL geek. so he is fun to pick on. he obviously travels a lot so ive had fun talking to him about that, and the man has eaten monkey!!! i thought id eaten the weirdest foods of anyone i know

i tried waxing myself once.. gave myself a HUGE bruise..perhaps now that ive been spreadeagled so many times recently ill feel less squeamish about gets the parts waxed.. itd be a good idea before belize cause bikini razor rash sucks

 

[HappyAuntie]

The razor rash is awful, but I have to think the ingrown hairs after waxing would be just as bad, if not worse.... I don't shave it for that reason, but I have a little trimmer I use that just keeps it short and neat. (I can't stand it when it's long enough to get caught in (and pulled by) the elastic on my panties.) And as for anything showing on the bikini line, that's just one of the perks of being a natural blonde. When it's short enough, it's practically invisible!

Froliky, yeah, some of us have been hanging around here way too long. I'm always afraid of scaring newcomers, so I try to point out to newbies that we're the abnormal ones, even for over 35.

 

[twinkle1975]

Sorry Frolicky - not me having an HSG - had mine already!! Thanks for the sympathy though!!

I shaved it all off once - the itching was dreadful!!! Plus I felt like an overgrown baby - luckily DH likes it as it is but some ex's have been all for the bald look - porn definitely has a lot to answer for!!

 

[froliky2011]

Sorry Frolicky - not me having an HSG - had mine already!! Thanks for the sympathy though!!

I shaved it all off once - the itching was dreadful!!! Plus I felt like an overgrown baby - luckily DH likes it as it is but some ex's have been all for the bald look - porn definitely has a lot to answer for!!

On your signature it says you're waiting for HSG results?

 

[froliky2011]

HA - Does not scare me in the least bit, I just feel like I am constantly saying to myself "what does that mean?" and there are times I feel like there is a code language. Lol! I am catching on. Turtle pace though.