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TTC 10/8
Oct 8, 2018 6:23:35 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 8, 2018 6:23:35 GMT -6
This is a combined TTC thread for EVERYONE currently TTC. Whether you're a first timer, a many timer, or an old timer come on in and pass the time as we struggle through WTO and the dreaded TWW.
As this is a combined thread there will be talk of LC, losses, and IF struggles. If any of these are hard for you please just let us know in your first post and I'm sure the lovely ladies on here will be happy to add TWs to accommodate.
Feel free to add a little intro to help us get to know you better;)
Please come join us!
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TTC 10/8
Oct 8, 2018 6:42:45 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 8, 2018 6:42:45 GMT -6
Month/Cycle: 1AL
Timing: Good so far...O will likely be tomorrow or the next day so as long as the rest of the week goes according to plan we'llhave either -4,-2,O,+2 or -5,-3,-1,+1. Either way I'm happy.
CD/DPO: CD 12. O should be either CD 13 or 14. My OPKs are looking pretty dark this morning. I'll test again this afternoon but today is a skip day so tomorrow night is our next session which will likely be O.
Symptoms: NA
RRCS: Feeling good about this cycle. And totally unstressed about everything. Knowing we start with the RE mid November has taken all the stress out of this. And today is Thanksgiving so today is a holiday too which is super nice:)
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Post by octoberrust on Oct 8, 2018 9:06:17 GMT -6
sammysam looks like good timing, yay! I’m glad your approaching RE appointment is helping alleviate some stress for you.
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Post by octoberrust on Oct 8, 2018 9:07:59 GMT -6
Cycle/month: 16
Timing: n/a
CD/DPO: CD 2
Symptoms: n/a
RRCS: Sorry I’ve been absent for a few weeks. I just needed to take a break and step back for a bit. I’m realizing I’m letting ttc run my life and I’m miserable. I need to find a way to still enjoy life and DS while ttc. I’ve really let myself go and would like to try to take care of myself better. One more month before we find out if the clomid is helping H’s numbers or not. We still haven’t decided what we will do if there is no change.
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TTC 10/8
Oct 8, 2018 9:35:49 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 8, 2018 9:35:49 GMT -6
octoberrust I hope you see an improvement in the numbers. And I know exactly what you mean about letting TTC run your life. I am finally starting to work out again and even that little thing is making a huge difference in the way I feel.
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TTC 10/8
Oct 8, 2018 9:40:36 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 8, 2018 9:40:36 GMT -6
And I just got a positive reading now. Last night was good but we wouldn't be able to get together until really late tomorrow night and I don't want to totally miss O so we're going to try for tonight (since SO is still in town) and then Wednesday. O should be tomorrow so we'll have -4,-2,-1,+1. I hate having to try to make decisions about timing. Like would it be better to wait until late tomorrow night? Or both? Blah. Now I wish I would have been temping:/
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Post by octoberrust on Oct 8, 2018 10:29:42 GMT -6
sammysam I would try for tonight over tomorrow night. My RE said he sees the most success from -5 and up to O, so I would try to dtd as much as you can before O.
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Post by sarahh on Oct 8, 2018 11:11:11 GMT -6
I totally get it octoberrust. I've been "waiting" to get pregnant and putting things off and not enjoying what I have now. I'm still going to check in even though we don't know what we are doing. Hope that's okay! Month/Cycle: 1AL Timing: n/a CD/DPO: CD11 Symptoms: n/a - I had some weird discharge this weekend - not sure if I'm getting ready to O which I am not sure will even happen while not on Femara or if it was just random RRCS: I think we may dtd a few times this week and half heartedly ttc. I keep going back and forth. I know we are done with Femara so may try a few months to see if I can even get pregnant without it but I don't want to take opk or chart so we will see what my body really does on its own.
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TTC 10/8
Oct 8, 2018 12:17:41 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 8, 2018 12:17:41 GMT -6
sammysam I would try for tonight over tomorrow night. My RE said he sees the most success from -5 and up to O, so I would try to dtd as much as you can before O. Thanks! I think this is my thinking too. I'll likely O at some point tomorrow and waiting until tomorrow night might make it too late...especially if I end up Oing overnight. I keep looking at my "successful" cycles and trying to mimic them exactly. But I know that nothing guarantees success (I've been here long enough to know that). Thank you for this though. You have made me feel way better about the decision to go tonight instead of tomorrow
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TTC 10/8
Oct 8, 2018 12:20:24 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 8, 2018 12:20:24 GMT -6
sarahh Yes please keep playing here no matter what you decide. I hope the discharge is a good sign! I read somewhere that you are extra fertile the first 3 cycles following a loss. Not sure if that is just crap but I like to imagine it's true and that it's the universe's way of trying to even out the karma.
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Post by honda on Oct 9, 2018 15:18:54 GMT -6
sarahh Yes please keep playing here no matter what you decide. I hope the discharge is a good sign! I read somewhere that you are extra fertile the first 3 cycles following a loss. Not sure if that is just crap but I like to imagine it's true and that it's the universe's way of trying to even out the karma. My bff and I both got pregnant the first cycle trying after a loss. Fx!
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Post by honda on Oct 9, 2018 15:21:56 GMT -6
Month/Cycle: 3/3
Timing: -2 through +1
CD/DPO: 4 dpo
Symptoms: nothing
RRCS: I got a cold sore yesterday. I seem to remember having one before my other bfp. I can't remember which one. I'm not stressed or sick, which is when I usually get them. Shrug.
I found out that the pre-symptomatic trial is enrolling 30 kids. So still plenty of room. I still hope it happens soon.
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TTC 10/8
Oct 9, 2018 15:25:47 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 9, 2018 15:25:47 GMT -6
Thanks honda I'm hopeful but realistic. I would laugh out loud if I got pregnant this cycle. But I secretly hope we do manage it in the next 2 cycles so as to possibly avoid the RE. What DPO are you? When are you going to start testing? I'm pretty sure O is today so FF is giving me the 21st as a test date. I think you're a few days before me though.
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TTC 10/8
Oct 10, 2018 12:10:41 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 10, 2018 12:10:41 GMT -6
OK so I'm just using this as a diary right now I guess.
We managed to hit -4,-2,-1,O...but I think -2 was probably our best day. 1 dpo now and officially in the TWW which makes me happy as I feel like I had to wait forever to get here. And I had a big temp jump this morning so I'm pretty confident O was yesterday.
Yep. This is me being chill about TTC:/
How is everyone else doing?
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TTC 10/8
Oct 10, 2018 14:16:47 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 10, 2018 14:16:47 GMT -6
honda That's awesome that there is still an opportunity for you to get into the trial. FX being sick is a good sign and that this is the month that gets you out of here.
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Post by honda on Oct 10, 2018 14:17:57 GMT -6
honda That's awesome that there is still an opportunity for you to get into the trial. FX being sick is a good sign and that this is the month that gets you out of here. If I'm not pregnant I have a 2 hour massage next weekend. Positives.
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TTC 10/8
Oct 11, 2018 5:52:15 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 11, 2018 5:52:15 GMT -6
honda That's awesome that there is still an opportunity for you to get into the trial. FX being sick is a good sign and that this is the month that gets you out of here. If I'm not pregnant I have a 2 hour massage next weekend. Positives. That's a brilliant idea!!!
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Post by nerdalert on Oct 11, 2018 12:44:23 GMT -6
sammysam, glad you are feeling better about TTC. You had amazing timing, so FX'd! octoberrust, always good to take care of yourself. Hope those numbers are good. sarahh, glad you are still checking in with us. honda, wishing for good news on all fronts, glad to hear enrollment is still open.
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Post by nerdalert on Oct 11, 2018 12:49:52 GMT -6
Month/Cycle: 1AL
Timing: -4, -2
CD/DPO: CD23, 9 DPO
Symptoms: Some cramps day before last, constantly hungry, but hard to tell because I'm still sick AF. Lots of bloating and acid production.
RRCS: Caught my third cold in six weeks, and it's miserable avoiding all the cold meds on the off chance that maybe I'm pregnant and maybe that's what affected the pregnancy last month. Holding off on testing til 12 DPO for so many reasons, one being both of our moms are in town for DS' birthday this weekend.
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TTC 10/8
Oct 11, 2018 15:33:31 GMT -6
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Post by beenthere on Oct 11, 2018 15:33:31 GMT -6
TTC may be on hold for awhile :/ my surgery got pushed back
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Post by honda on Oct 11, 2018 17:23:30 GMT -6
TTC may be on hold for awhile :/ my surgery got pushed back Sorry
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Post by honda on Oct 11, 2018 17:28:01 GMT -6
Someone on ff got a super squinter on a wondfo and they had a hcg of 30. It was still fairly light with a high 200 or low 300 hcg. I can't remember but I was shocked!
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TTC 10/8
Oct 11, 2018 18:13:02 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Oct 11, 2018 18:13:02 GMT -6
nerdalert I hope holding off on the cold meds pays off;) beenthere Sorry you're still on hold:( honda My control line was WAY darker than my test line this past pregnancy at 15 dpo. My hcg was in the 120s. I got a light line at 9dpo and if I count backwards hcg would probably have been around 20. I was using FRER though so likely not a great comparison:/
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Post by nerdalert on Oct 11, 2018 18:56:39 GMT -6
sammysam, thanks. Just bleh. Highly tempted to test tomorrow but don't want to be disappointed. honda My first pregnancy I had a squinty light squinter on 9DPO, so I feel like it's possible.
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Post by honda on Oct 11, 2018 18:59:09 GMT -6
sammysam, thanks. Just bleh. Highly tempted to test tomorrow but don't want to be disappointed. honda My first pregnancy I had a squinty light squinter on 9DPO, so I feel like it's possible. But wondfo are supposed to be 10 hcg aren't they? Or us it 20? I just feel like the line would be darker or sooner?
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Post by nerdalert on Oct 11, 2018 20:59:17 GMT -6
sammysam , thanks. Just bleh. Highly tempted to test tomorrow but don't want to be disappointed. honda My first pregnancy I had a squinty light squinter on 9DPO, so I feel like it's possible. But wondfo are supposed to be 10 hcg aren't they? Or us it 20? I just feel like the line would be darker or sooner? Maybe she had a bad batch of wondfo's? My lines were still pretty light up through the next four days, DH made me take a digital before he'd believe me. Don't know about what HCG the wondfo's are supposed to be, that was what I used initially, but that was two/three years ago.
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Post by charliefox on Oct 11, 2018 21:38:14 GMT -6
sammysam , thanks. Just bleh. Highly tempted to test tomorrow but don't want to be disappointed. honda My first pregnancy I had a squinty light squinter on 9DPO, so I feel like it's possible. But wondfo are supposed to be 10 hcg aren't they? Or us it 20? I just feel like the line would be darker or sooner? I always thought Wondfos were super sensitive...but I recently went on their website and it states that their sensitivity is 25mIU/mL, while FRER's are like 6.3mIU/mL. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by sharebear on Oct 12, 2018 6:41:20 GMT -6
sammysam that's great timing! FX! beenthere I'm sorry TW loss: honda my lines (for loss and successful pregnancy) were never crazy darker than the control. I also am not super trusting of the hcg threshold because I could still turn a digital for both CPs until the day I started bleeding (6 days post first HCG dip) Month/Cycle: One million. Started winter 2016, benched spring of 2017-2018, off the bench April '18, CP June '18 and September '18. Timing: N/A CD/DPO: 20/ n/a Symptoms: EGCM and high energy RRCS: Diary post: I was benched this cycle after the loss while I got worked up for repeat loss. All the labs came back (finally! It took almost 3 weeks!) and DH and I are normal! No clotting disorders, diabetes/insulin issues, no chromosomal abnormalities. Just some non-insulin related pcos and some bad luck for me. They still want us to hold off on trying this cycle, and then we can start injectables whenever I get my period. The only issue: I will be on vacation for a week around CD5-12 ish. So I'm assuming they're not going to be on board with doing an unmonitored cycle. Not really sure how this will go, but I'm kind of hoping I have a crazy long cycle (my CD range for the past 12 months has been 25-47, so there's hope), and then can start the medicated part when we get back? Or maybe we just hold off on this cycle as well and start around US Thanksgiving. Ugh. I also need to remember to ask them if we should just skip TI with the injectables and move to IUI. TI is almost impossible with DH's work travel schedule and I don't want to spend weeks giving myself injections if he can't even be there to DTD more than once or twice in the FW.
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Post by honda on Oct 12, 2018 12:33:15 GMT -6
sharebear I'm glad the results were good news!
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Post by honda on Oct 12, 2018 12:33:35 GMT -6
I bought frers and the cashier told me good luck 🤣🤣🤣
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