Welcome to 'Trying To Conceive Over 35'

[alicatt]

Good morning ladies!

Sam- do Cheese Puffs count?? Totally! lol! I've been known to count these as their own food group!

Ali- glad you are feeling better!So...it's February, are you still going to do trial-run this month?? YES if AF would ever show her face! I have an appt now on Wednesday afternoon to shake things up.

Andra- O I am sorry you are still under the cloak of that darn flu! Get better girl! BUGGER.. stupid colds and flu! YUCK.. but enjoy your vacation!!!

Jess- Super Bowl was awesome! Or so I hear... I ended up doing other stuff (school) so I missed it! Plus I was so totally exhausted from the last 2-3 nights with Kat that I couldn't focus, lol! Wow, you slept the whole weekend away! I would say "lazy bones" but I know better lol!

AFM- O my gosh, I actually slept last night! lol! I had trouble going to sleep because I kept creeping in to check on the girls...just an odd night I guess? Anyway after I went to sleep Kat only got up once and wanted me to tuck her in So anyway, I am feeling bushy tailed this morning!Didn't work with my weights last night tho but my guilt pangs were hardly noticeable around my chocolate ice ceam

I finished my oceanography course- kind of amazed at what I learned, tons of interesting material. But, ahem, back to my original passion- on to my next course in criminology I get to take a break later this spring or summer though.
Aeryn slept good last night too, never woke up once. Now. That having been said, me sleeping all night and Aeryn sleeping all night only equals out to one thing.

Bursting boobs. lol!

Glad you were able to sleep finally! I bet that was a nice feeling Congrats on finishing your oceanography course. It sounded fascinating, but I'm a geography junkie! I can only imagine what bursting boobs feels like, OUCH!!! Hope you got that rectified!

 

[Grey Eyes]

Jess- wow you're doing all kinds of cool stuff for your b-day! sounds like fun! Yearly cheeseburger? I usually have one a year maybe and usually homemade...

Ali- heheh..bursting boobs are painful, very swollen with sharp shooting jabs from all over. Then they start to leak Some parts of motherhood are not pretty

AFM- haven't done much today for all my initial "bushy-tail-ness" lol! Held me sleeping baby for most of it, cooked for fam, did the dishes, bla bla....oh and I am destroying a bag of red vines! wtf?! I never eat red vines but suddenly can't stop....weird!

 

[Samsfan]

Ali- How did you calculate? Are you going for IUI or IVF?

JM- you'll be there sooner than you think ...time passes by so quickly

Coy- What is your major? How many credits do you have left to graduate?

So today I went to the endocrinologist. I'm clear...all is normal... All thyroid and prolactin levels are normal. So IVF I guess here I come.

everyone!

So, I did not even check in with y'all over the weekend. I slept off and on ALL weekend! It was sooooo nice!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend (Carbs and all ).

Superbowl was awesome!

#goRayLewis

Morning to you Jess!

Yes it was a great game. I liked that it was close and a nail biter to the end. That is what makes a football game to me! I'm pretty tired today from staying up so late! Silly me! LOL.

So I moved my FS appt to Wednesday afternoon, so that is nice. It works better with my schedule. Now to just get AF to hurry up! I have been feeling horrible for days now. She is really trying to drive me the cramping, nausea, irritability, lower back pain, and headaches need to go!

On the good news, I was looking ahead to when I think my transfer will be, and the week of March 25th is looking good. So I am aiming for my Mom's birthday which is March 28th! Wouldn't that be cool! Especially if I have a girl and name her after my Mom.

 

[alicatt]

Ali- How did you calculate? Are you going for IUI or IVF?

JM- you'll be there sooner than you think ...time passes by so quickly

Coy- What is your major? How many credits do you have left to graduate?

So today I went to the endocrinologist. I'm clear...all is normal... All thyroid and prolactin levels are normal. So IVF I guess here I come.

everyone!

So, I did not even check in with y'all over the weekend. I slept off and on ALL weekend! It was sooooo nice!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend (Carbs and all ).

Superbowl was awesome!

#goRayLewis

Morning to you Jess!

Yes it was a great game. I liked that it was close and a nail biter to the end. That is what makes a football game to me! I'm pretty tired today from staying up so late! Silly me! LOL.

So I moved my FS appt to Wednesday afternoon, so that is nice. It works better with my schedule. Now to just get AF to hurry up! I have been feeling horrible for days now. She is really trying to drive me the cramping, nausea, irritability, lower back pain, and headaches need to go!

On the good news, I was looking ahead to when I think my transfer will be, and the week of March 25th is looking good. So I am aiming for my Mom's birthday which is March 28th! Wouldn't that be cool! Especially if I have a girl and name her after my Mom.

I'm doing a FET in march and a trial cycle this Feb. My cycles when medicated are about 32 days, so I calculated using that cycle time and the fact that transfer usually occurs 5 days after ovulation. Which gives me late march for the actual transfer.

FET is similar to IVF but you don't have to get the embryo because it is already on ice.

Good news about your thyroid! So back to your FS to start! YAY! We might be cycle buddies! That would be nice!

 

[Samsfan]

Ali- So I think we may turn out to be cycle friends! AF is due February 23rd. I'm scheduled to ovulate March 8th. So did you have to take off work on certain days? And if so, how long?

How exciting and nervewracking!

 

[alicatt]

Ali- So I think we may turn out to be cycle friends! AF is due February 23rd. I'm scheduled to ovulate March 8th. So did you have to take off work on certain days? And if so, how long?

How exciting and nervewracking!

OK Cool! I'm not sure which protocol they will but you on, but if they give you BCP and Lupron, they will end up delaying your cycle a week or 2.

You will need to take off ER and ET day and possibly the days after the ET. So 2-3 days minimum. I didn't feel very well from about trigger through a few days after transfer. It really depends on how many follicles you have and your E2 levels. The more you get the worse you will feel.

You'll make it through! Just go see your FS and find out what they recommend!

 

[alicatt]

I'm spotting! YAY! FINALLY AF is on her way. About freaking time

 

[Samsfan]

Ali- Were you able to schedule your days off in advance? All I was told is that they are putting me on 4 drugs... I just sent my FS an email and hopefully, I'll get more information. I have a number of cases on a day...so, if I can estimate which days I won't schedule any cases for that day. I'm wondering if I should take the week off as a vacation week?

 

[Grey Eyes]

Ali- "about freaking time" lol, you make me laugh Can't wait til you are 2WW!!

Sam- I laughed too when Ali said you'd have to take several days off...We are just getting to know each other but already I can see you are a very driven and hard worker! Probably drive you nuts (Ali DID go nuts on her forced days off, but she's better now rofl: ) to take 2-3 days off!

I am in a good mood this evening, it was an odd day, no major stuff in school Sam- I forgot, you asked about my major. My major is criminology with a focus on behavioral science. I am thinking law school but after having schooled for a few years I am really getting interested in youth, I am thinking of sidelining with juvenile system works.

Hoping I get a nice hot soak in tonight. This ligament in my hip is killing me...they are shrinking but it's painful. Oh, and I lost another 3/4 inch off my waist! Yay!

 

[alicatt]

Ali- Were you able to schedule your days off in advance? All I was told is that they are putting me on 4 drugs... I just sent my FS an email and hopefully, I'll get more information. I have a number of cases on a day...so, if I can estimate which days I won't schedule any cases for that day. I'm wondering if I should take the week off as a vacation week?

Unfortunately you can't really plan. The first day off will be the ER or egg retrieval day. This day you will be put under anesthetic and they will pop the follicles to get the eggs. It typically falls on your ovulation day, but because of the meds it could be a few days before your normal ovulation day to a few days after. The. the ET day is 2-6 days after that although most Dr's like 5 day transfers. If you don't have a lot of embryos or they are doing poorly they will transfer them back sooner. So the ET day is the day they put the embryos back into you. My FS wants you to be on bed rest for 2 days. Planning is a pain, you pretty much have to be flexible and/or take 7-14 days off. I was lucky to have an understanding boss and the ability to work off hours and work from home. Leading up to the ER you will have plenty of short appointments where they take a blood sample and do an ultrasound. This is to monitor you and adjust your meds. Maybe your FS is able to better gauge the dates for you, but from my experience your body is the only one that knows when it is ready and you don't want to hasten things or you won't get the best quality embryos. Hopefully you will be able to figure it all out! :dust.

 

[Samsfan]

Coy- How did you know... I'm having a panic attack thinking of how I'm going to take this time, and without advance planning.

Very cool, my hubby has a major in behavioral sciences. He's not in law though. Very interesting stuff and now they are really opening the courts to juvenile justice. email me if you ever want to chat about it.

Enjoy your soak.. thinking of you on this cold 28 degree day! Don't know how you do it.

Ali- I'm pretty freaked out. I can't take 7-14 unplanned days..not because of my boss, but because of the cases scheduled. Right now I'm scheduling for the second week in March. I don't have a replacement! uughhh.. I'm
So you are saying, I should plan about or around March 8th (ovulation day) and then 5 days after...or do they delay the process in further?

Ali- "about freaking time" lol, you make me laugh Can't wait til you are 2WW!!

Sam- I laughed too when Ali said you'd have to take several days off...We are just getting to know each other but already I can see you are a very driven and hard worker! Probably drive you nuts (Ali DID go nuts on her forced days off, but she's better now rofl: ) to take 2-3 days off!

I am in a good mood this evening, it was an odd day, no major stuff in school Sam- I forgot, you asked about my major. My major is criminology with a focus on behavioral science. I am thinking law school but after having schooled for a few years I am really getting interested in youth, I am thinking of sidelining with juvenile system works.

Hoping I get a nice hot soak in tonight. This ligament in my hip is killing me...they are shrinking but it's painful. Oh, and I lost another 3/4 inch off my waist! Yay!

 

[Samsfan]

Ali- What happens if you the days fall on the weekend?

 

[alicatt]

Ali- What happens if you the days fall on the weekend?

You can't even count on March 8th right now, because you don't know how long you will be on BCP or lupron or maybe you won't do either. Stop freaking out and see your FS! It will all happen somehow! I think that is the first rule of motherhood! Nothing ever goes according to plan! With that said they can use the BCP to 'schedule' your cycle, so that your ER is within a few days. My body was stubborn and didn't bend to the schedule they made. It was close though. Weekends are like any other day, if the ER or ET has to happen on one of those days then they will do it.

I can see this is stressing you out. Don't worry about it now. Call and make an appt with your FS, and get a cycle plan created. They will manipulate your cycle to fit a window, then you can figure out how best to handle it.

I was just looking back at my Dec schedule, they set it up for ER to occur between Dec 6-10, and my ER was Dec 10th, then my ET was Dec 15th.

I hope that helps!

 

[alicatt]

Ali- "about freaking time" lol, you make me laugh Can't wait til you are 2WW!!

Sam- I laughed too when Ali said you'd have to take several days off...We are just getting to know each other but already I can see you are a very driven and hard worker! Probably drive you nuts (Ali DID go nuts on her forced days off, but she's better now rofl: ) to take 2-3 days off!

I am in a good mood this evening, it was an odd day, no major stuff in school Sam- I forgot, you asked about my major. My major is criminology with a focus on behavioral science. I am thinking law school but after having schooled for a few years I am really getting interested in youth, I am thinking of sidelining with juvenile system works.

Hoping I get a nice hot soak in tonight. This ligament in my hip is killing me...they are shrinking but it's painful. Oh, and I lost another 3/4 inch off my waist! Yay!

I know I crack myself up! I've been in a mood for days. The PMS bug has been bad, I'm just annoyed at the world. I hate when my cycle is stalled out. I wish someone was doing research into why it happens and ways to resolve it!
Glad you are back into criminology, I know you love it! Awesome news about your waist, but be careful, you don't want to get too thin!

 

[never_give_up]

Good morning Ladies

Was just catching up on all your posts. How exciting Ali and Samsfan that you will be ivf cycle buddies.
Jess, twiggers and I are all 2ww buddies.

I had planned a birthday party for dh and was wondering why people weren't responding. Well they finally did and out 3 of the couples will be out of town this weekend. Dh's best friend is going to PA to celebrate chinese New Year with his family. I should have remembered that*sigh* Only one couple and their children and Dh's brother and girlfriend are coming, oh well. The following weekend my father-in-law want us to go to PA and then leaving for Barbados early the Monday so I can't even have the party that weekend. I have washed all the clothes for our trip (summer clothes were in storage bins in basement) I have been busy shopping for my Mom. There are lots of products she can't find in Barbados.

 

[never_give_up]

Oh wow, just looked at your chart twiggers!! Your temps really spiked today from 97.6 to 98.7!! Looks awesome!

 

[twiggers]

Thanks never!!!! It looks like you had a bit up a jump back up today too!!! When will you test?

 

[jm1355]

I'm spotting! YAY! FINALLY AF is on her way. About freaking time

Hi Ali!

"I'm spotting! YAY!" ...It's not too often you read those words in this forum!

So, it will be time to get the process underway! Yippee!!

 

[jm1355]

Twiggers!! OMG! look at that temp spike!! WoW!

Gotta love the tww...

 

[twiggers]

It sucks That combined with grading some really horrible exams LOL

Could we just move to tomorrow so I can temp and see if it's a fluke.