TTC 6/25

[Yogurt]

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!

Month/Cycle:

Timing:

CD/DPO:

Symptoms:

RRCS:

[sarahh]

Month/Cycle: 1/1

Timing: I am pretty sure I O'd yesterday based on my wondfo. So we hit -6, -4, -2, -1, 0 and hopefully today and maybe one more day this week.

CD/DPO: CD 16/ 1 DPO

Symptoms: I've had cramping on and off for the last week which I hope is a good sign.

RRCS: I'm anxious to see if it worked this month. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but I'm sure I'll be here symptom spotting in about a week.

[Yogurt]

Month/Cycle: 15/14, 2 CPs this year

Timing: na

CD/DPO: 5

Symptoms:

RRCS: My husband is sick and I hope he feels better in the next week to 10 days so we can have a good attempt this cycle.

As I've said, I'm struggling personally. I feel this is getting harder and I feel worse about the losses the more time passes. I don't want to be such a negative poster here, but that's where I am.

[charliefox]

Month/Cycle: 22/5AL

Timing: -4, -2, -1, O

CD/DPO: 23/7

Symptoms: sore boobs

RRCS: Busy week ahead, we have a bunch of calls to figure out insurance and a financial consult with our RE's office, then a call with our RE on Friday to lay out our plan for IVF and go over the loss panel results (haven't heard anything yet). Also super busy otherwise this week so that should help the time pass. 7dpo and not in the TWW freak out stage yet so that's nice - massage scheduled for tomorrow! lol

[charliefox]

sarahh, we had basically identical timing this cycle - FX for both of us
Yogurt, Hope YH feels better, how is he doing with the timing lately? Is he still struggling or is he a bit more on board?

[Yogurt]

Jun 25, 2018 8:00:23 GMT -6 charliefox said:

sarahh, we had basically identical timing this cycle - FX for both of us
Yogurt, Hope YH feels better, how is he doing with the timing lately? Is he still struggling or is he a bit more on board?

Great timing for you!

charliefox, thanks for asking. We have actually been doing so great with timing. 2-3 times in my fw the last couple cycles, and he's not making any comments about stopping or being over it. When I was upset the other day the first thing he says is , we'll keep trying, etc. So he is being great. He is totally on board, so at least that stress is gone. When he was flip flipping it was killing me. So at this point, we are doing all we can and now it's just up to chance.

[sharebear]

Month/Cycle:A lot. 3/3 following almost a year of being benched which followed over a year of trying. 1/1 post CP

Timing: N/A

CD/DPO: 20/na

Symptoms &RRCS: Clomid hot flashes have been very unpleasant and interrupting my sleep. I'm so glad to be done with it for a bit. I'm excited and anxious to see what my follicles look like on Friday! Also DH's flight doesn't land until 10-11PM on Thursday night, we are supposed to BD on Thursday, and my ultrasound is Friday early morning. I'm already anticipating Thursday night to be stressful. Also we have people staying with us next weekend, so I feel like I'll be awkward about BDing where someone might hear.

ETA: i forgot RRCS, so just merged it with symptoms

[purple]

Month/Cycle: Month 29. Cycle 7AL. 6 losses in two years.

Timing: N/a

CD/DPO: CD2

Symptoms: Horrendous cramps. AF held off until yesterday evening. I was having such horrendous abdominal pains, faintness and dizziness that I was starting to think there was something seriously wrong. I'm completely certain that it was partly psychosomatic, but knowing that doesn't make any difference to the symptoms.

RRCS: Tomorrow it'll be a year since we lost the twins. Bad cramps are giving me flashbacks. I am not all right.

[pambee]

purple I'm so sorry that timing is so cruel right now. Hugs ❤

[octoberrust]

Cycle/month : 12

Timing: n/a

Cd/dpo: CD11, waiting to O

Symptoms: none

RRCS: Started opk’s this morning. I don’t expect to see a positive until the end of the week, last 2 cycles I O’d on CD18. I’m hoping I don’t O early this cycle because I don’t want to call into work for my IUI. I’m feeling more positive about everything than I was last week, but my anxiety is at a 10. I think I’m just worried about timing for our IUI and the cost.

[octoberrust]

Yay for great timing sarahh and charliefox!!

[sarahh]

I'm sorry purple,

[octoberrust]

I’m so sorry purple. Hugs ❤️

[Yogurt]

purple we are here for you ❤ I'm so sorry this is such a terrible experience. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[Yogurt]

sharebear, ugh that is rough timing wise. Good luck for it all to go smoothly

[Yogurt]

octoberrust I'm sorry you're feeling anxiety. As if the bfns aren't bad enough, there is all this other stressful shit to coordinate.

[Yogurt]

I finally got through to the nurse practitioners office and I am now sitting in the office and awaiting the results of all that blood work. I also had the results sent to the RE and he told me like a month ago that ut was all normal, so I don't expect a bunch of news.

I wonder how she will instruct me on the progesterone.

[charliefox]

Yogurt, that makes me so happy to hear! YH being wishy-washy was not a stressor you needed right now.

sharebear, sometimes sneaking around because you have people in the house can be fun - hope you can make the best of it!

purple, so many hugs. Sending you so much love, and if it helps to share anything about your losses here just know this is a safe space and we're here to support you in whatever you need.

octoberrust, ugh IUI timing is definitely stressful. FX it all lines up nicely with your schedules.

[loorin]

purple, so sorry you are struggling.

[Yogurt]

Ok, so I met with the NP and she told be to not take the progesterone at all, she called that in for me just in case. She never saw the lab results from the progesterone test the RE sent me for, which I had sent to her as well. She said all of my blood work was normal, except phosphatidylethanolamine was one notch outside of the standard range (high) so she is sending me to get it rechecked. She will call me later today with her review of the progesterone lab.

As soon as she got in the room I just starting crying though. I can't talk ttc without bursting into tears. She was like, "what's upsetting you? Not getting pregnant when you want to, or not staying pregnant?" Like, fucking both?

[purple]

Yogurt, I'm sorry she was so unsympathetic. That's not helpful. And why on earth did she order a "just in case" prescription and not communicate about it?

Of course you're upset about both. That's a horrible and unprofessional thing to ask.

[purple]

I wrote a blog post about the twins this morning if anyone is interested. It's a bit sad so be warned!

joyinthemourning.co.uk/2018/06/25/thomas-and-perdita/

[loorin]

Month/Cycle: 9/9, 2 CPs this year

Timing: N/A

CD/DPO: 1

Symptoms: none

RRCS: Vacation was a nice distraction during the last TWW. I think I'm going to call an RE about getting in to get some bloodwork. I'm comfortable with everything coming back normal and just needing to keep on trying, but I feel like I just need to do something different than I've been doing.

[loorin]

ugh Yogurt, people can be the worst. I'm so sorry you had to deal with such an insensitive comment on top of everything else.

[Yogurt]

loorin purple I mean, it was a total bonehead comment and I have found her completly unhelpful from the get go. And also wtf to calling in that scrip and not telling me anything about it. However, she seems like a nice lady and that she was trying to be sympathetic and it just came out awkward and stupid. Trust if I ever get pregnant and stay that way, I'm going anywhere else!

[Yogurt]

Jun 25, 2018 10:36:06 GMT -6 loorin said:

Month/Cycle: 9/9, 2 CPs this year

Timing: N/A

CD/DPO: 1

Symptoms: none

RRCS: Vacation was a nice distraction during the last TWW. I think I'm going to call an RE about getting in to get some bloodwork. I'm comfortable with everything coming back normal and just needing to keep on trying, but I feel like I just need to do something different than I've been doing.

This is exactly how I feel! ❤

[radiantfate]

Month/Cycle: 18

Timing: -3 (boo)

CD/DPO: CD22/5DPO

Symptoms: none

RRCS: We failed on timing this month. It's a big letdown for me, more than I want to let on to DH, especially with it being the 1 year anniversary of our loss. We went out with my dad and stepmom for my birthday last night, and they've been asking for another grandbaby lately and it came up again, so with DH's permission, I managed some expectations. let them know we've been trying for 18 months and nothing. My stepmom, who is so sweet, offered some words of encouragement. DD also spend the weekend with us (it's technically her dad's time, but he wanted to take his g/f on a trip for her birthday so we gladly took DD). We spent some time shopping and going through her clothes to purge what she doesn't like/doesn't fit, but she wants to hold onto everything for "the baby" (she's also begging, begging, begging for a sibling, obv. she doesn't know all the ins and outs of her stepdad and I trying but she knows they typical the marriage then baby step). It's sweet, but I don't know that I want to hang onto a 10-year-old's clothes for a baby who may never come (and by the time they're 10, likely won't be in fashion anymore). It was a great weekend, but a rough one all at once. I have a doctor's appointment scheduled to get some bloodwork done in July, so I'm getting the ball rolling there.

[radiantfate]

Looks like hugs are needed all around today.

I'm so sorry, purple, for the unfair cramps and the loss of your twins. Your blog post was so touching.
Yogurt, I'm sorry for the heinous behavior of the NP you saw. People in this line of work need to have a good bedside manner, and that wasn't it. That's not fair at all to you. And don't worry about being a "negative poster"! This shit sucks sometimes and it's okay to vent it out!
loorin I'm glad your vacation was a good distraction!
sharebear Sorry that the clomid side effects are being rough on you!
Congrats charliefox and sarahh for good timing!
@octoberrust GL to you on the timing!

[Yogurt]

If you were me would you keep taking the progesterone at 3dpo or don't bother?

The NP said there is no point, but I don't know if she's right or it "can't hurt". She wants me to wait until/if I get a positive test, then get my levels done, then start taking it if needed. If it truly can't hurt...well you see where I'm going with this. As others have said, I just want to do something different to try to get a viable pregnancy.

[sunny75]

Month/cycle: 6/7

Timing: N/a

CD: not sure I haven't really been tracking. Mid cycle I guess.

Symptoms: none

RRCS: I just found out my sister is pregnant with her second and I've really been struggling. We're very very close and our first babies are only a month apart so I'm just feeling so left out. It was her first month TTC so that's hard for me to process too.

Also we host a big Fourth of July BBQ every year with our whole family and it's one of my favorite days of the year. Well now my sister is planning on announcing her pregnancy that day. So now I'm just going to have to try ringer through the day without crying. Hopefully I can pull myself together by then.