******12/8/2015 Weekly Check-In******

[wirt2cute]

Congrats agpjt413 on your BFP!!!!!  Let's check in ladies!!

Status:



What are you doing this month?





Where are you at in your journey?





What is your mood?





QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO?

[agpjt413]

::lurking::

Thank you wirt2cute!!!! I'm rooting for all of you ladies!!!! C'mon BFPs!!!!!!

[wirt2cute]

Status: TTC #3



What are you doing this month? Nothing except pom juice and sex, not temping, no opks.


Where are you at in your journey? I had my RE appointment last week and right now she thinks IVF is our only option. But that is not in our budget. I did get my bw done yesterday to check everything. Hopefully that will post to my account so I can see my numbers in a few days. I have another HSG scheduled for next Tuesday to make sure my remaining tube is open. If the tube is open than maybe IUI is still an option but right now I am just waiting to see what happens next Tuesday. I have scheduled an appointment with a different RE in my area for February 2016.

What is your mood? I am actually in a great mood today.


QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? The moment I met my H I was standing in the line at the McDonald's ordering my sausage biscuit. He was in the line next to mine and we locked eyes. It was his rookie year so he was fresh out of the academy and he was in awesome shape. We exchanged numbers and 8 years later here we are.

[sleepymonkey]

Status: TTC#2

What are you doing this month? BBT, OPKs, preseed, pom juice when I remember

Where are you at in your journey? Cycle 7 CD11

What is your mood? I feel like I'm fighting getting a cold right now. My FW should be coming up later this week so I have no time to be sick!

QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? I met MH at a bar. My friend and I were outside on the deck and he was sitting at the bar by himself. We noticed him keep looking back at us and we remarked how strange it was that he was there by himself. After a little while, he came over and started talking to us. He had just moved there to go to grad school, didn't know anyone, and was tired of sitting in his apartment by himself so he went out to get a drink. The 3 of us talked for an hour and at the end of the night we have him our numbers. The next weekend, he called me and we went out.

[jwinct]

Fx for you, ladies!


Status: TTC#3


What are you doing this month? Charting BBT & CM, PNVs, sex


Where are you at in your journey? Cycle #4- 9DPO


What is your mood? Good. Lots of Christmas stuff going on this week, so I'm feeling festive.


QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? We met via Match.com and the first time we met face-to-face was when he came to my house (I was still living with my parents) to pick me up. I thought he was so hot!

[Deleted]

Status: ntnp after 12 cycles ttc 2nd with dh

What are you doing this month? praying

Where are you at in your journey? I plan to only lurk come January. I'll be rooting for all of you but my brain (*and body) can't take hanging onto the idea much longer so if no surprising miracle pregnancy has occurred then I'm out.

What is your mood? Really good actually which is bizarre

QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? I was outside of a meeting room talking to someone and he walked up. I checked him out pretty good. About a week later we went to dinner with a group of friends and I sat next to him; we flirted all evening. Another week passed and same group of friends out to dinner again; the next week he got my number and asked me to dinner without our friends!

[beachdreamer]

Status: TTC #2


What are you doing this month? BBT (until O confirmed), OPK, PNVs, sex, Pre-Seed, decaf green tea


Where are you at in your journey? Cycle 3 CD 11 O day (I think)


What is your mood? Happy my dog got well enough to come home and trying to get in the Christmas spirit.


QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? Like sleepymonkey, I also met H in the bar. I said I'd never date someone I met in a bar, yet almost 10 years later…. Anyway, my friend and I were out at our favorite dive. We were playing a bowling arcade game and he walked in with a couple of his friends. My friend and I thought his one friend was nice looking but after talking to him, we realized he was kind of an ass. So my friend started talking to (now) MH while I tried to get away from the friend and talk to other people in the bar. Once my friend found out H went to a rival school from me and was also a math/science person, she called me over and introduced us. We talked for a while then exchanged numbers. He sent me a text that night and called me the next day. I guess he was a little interested.

[wirt2cute]

@kellbell, All the hugs. I am totally with you even though things are not what I want them to be I am in a great mood. I'm glad you are in good mood as well. I like the way you met you H, flirting was sweet, now my nephews just use Facebook to meet people.

jwinct, good luck this cycle.

sleepymonkey, hey new mod, thank you for taking on the job. I hope you start feeling better soon especially with your FW coming.

[hammysmommy]

Status: TTTC#2

What are you doing this month?  RE agreed to one more month of medicated cycles (Letrozole) and TI.  Digital and WondFo OPKs, PNVs, HIO, BBT - maybe this thing (http://www.storkotc.com/how-it-works/).  Praying for a Christmas miracle.


Where are you at in your journey?  4th medicated cycle, 5/6 months trying.  CD 6.  Unfortunately seeing the end of the tunnel and it doesn't look like the lights are on...  I don't think IUI is in our cards ($$) and I don't think the RE will just let us keep trying medicated cycles for another 6-9 months...

What is your mood?  sad.  moderately hopeless.  (this is an ongoing joke at work - they made us take this quiz during a "Positivity/Negativity in the Workplace" class and half of us got "moderately hopeless").

QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO?  Walking into the dining hall in college, 19 1/2 years ago (spring semester), to eat lunch.  My friend waves me over to sit with her and her coworker from the school's mail room.  I sit down, she introduces us and then she has to leave.  His eyes, smile, southern accent and manners - he walked me to my next class, carrying my books.  We spent a lot of time together over the next couple months, until summer break.  We were in and out of touch for the next 10 years and were married 14 1/2 years after we met.

[wirt2cute]

Dec 8, 2015 13:10:58 GMT -5 hammysmommy said:

Status: TTTC#2

What are you doing this month?  RE agreed to one more month of medicated cycles (Letrozole) and TI.  Digital and WondFo OPKs, PNVs, HIO, BBT - maybe this thing (http://www.storkotc.com/how-it-works/).  Praying for a Christmas miracle.

My friend sent me the link for the Storkotc, I watched the video and it was actually interesting don't know how good it will work but interesting. I even watched some reviews on youtube for the stork. 

[hammysmommy]

Dec 8, 2015 13:33:42 GMT -5 wirt2cute said:

Dec 8, 2015 13:10:58 GMT -5 hammysmommy said:

Status: TTTC#2

What are you doing this month?  RE agreed to one more month of medicated cycles (Letrozole) and TI.  Digital and WondFo OPKs, PNVs, HIO, BBT - maybe this thing (http://www.storkotc.com/how-it-works/).  Praying for a Christmas miracle.

My friend sent me the link for the Storkotc, I watched the video and it was actually interesting don't know how good it will work but interesting. I even watched some reviews on youtube for the stork. 

The #s they posted might just be PR but I don't see how it could hurt to try!  Using instead softcups is also on youtube, but I don't see how that catches the swimmers and rescues them from our hostile vaginal environments...  It almost seems like a softcup inserted after sex would prevent sperm from being able to reach the cervix...

[wirt2cute]

Dec 8, 2015 14:52:48 GMT -5 hammysmommy said:

Dec 8, 2015 13:33:42 GMT -5 wirt2cute said:

My friend sent me the link for the Storkotc, I watched the video and it was actually interesting don't know how good it will work but interesting. I even watched some reviews on youtube for the stork. 

The #s they posted might just be PR but I don't see how it could hurt to try!  Using instead softcups is also on youtube, but I don't see how that catches the swimmers and rescues them from our hostile vaginal environments...  It almost seems like a softcup inserted after sex would prevent sperm from being able to reach the cervix...

That could be true about the PR. I attempted to try the softcup but I could not get it in correctly on my attempt and when I did it was so uncomfortable. I am going to show my H the video and see what he says. 

[caer]

(((Hugs))) @kellbell. I totally understand but I'll miss seeing you around here.
I hope you are feeling better before FW sleepymonkey!

Status: Cycle 9 of TFAS

What are you doing this month: just waiting for AF.

Where are you at in your journey: CD 26, 13 DPO. BFNs the last three days.

What is your mood: I feel like I've hit the anger part of this journey. I'm mad this isn't working for us. I'm mad we might have to take out a home equity loan to afford treatment. I'm mad this works so quickly and easily for other people. I hope acceptance comes next. It's hard to be in such a dark place.

QOTW: he was in my first law school class. He was the chatty student who sat in the front row and answered all the questions. I was the quiet girl in the back of the class. I thought he was annoying. Lol. We ended up in a study group together and everything fell into place!

[lennonkdc]

Status: TTC#1, Cycle 7

What are you doing this month? PNV's, Charting/Temping, waiting to schedule HSG and SA


Where are you at in your journey? CD22/9dpo.


What is your mood? Pretty good. Feeling like we have a good plan in place if no BFP this cycle, though I'd prefer not to need it


QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? It was his first day of work at the restaurant where I was a hostess, he was a line cook. He was the right mix of sexy and adorably dorky (still is lol) We were work friends for a few months, then when I quit that job I thought that was that. But turns out the bartending gig I left for was at a bar at the end of his street. He wandered in one Sunday afternoon for a drink, we made plans to go out after my shift and that was that.

[mugee]

Hi lovelies,

Status: TTC#1 since June 2012

Doing: Torturing my body trying to get an actual period versus break-thru bleeding that I've had now going on since Thanksgiving. Taking Prometrium and doing acupuncture.

Journey: Not even sure what CD I'm on. I'm usually regular so this shit is pissing me off.

Mood: It was horrible on Friday, when I found out they canceled my cycle. Lots of tears and anger. Now, I'm trying to see the light and 'trust the journey' (my new motto). I really need to de-stress, so I'm going to overindulge (a little) during the holidays and try to focus on what's good in my life. Clearly, I need my body is to ready, so maybe I can try and lose a little more weight and be over the holiday crazies before we do a transfer.

ETA:

QOTW: I met my husband on an online dating site. We were both completely shocked to find out that we were both semi-normal. Also shocking that neither of us had exes or kids; we were 37 when we met.

[beachdreamer]

Dec 8, 2015 13:31:25 GMT -5 @usernameedit said:

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Where are you at in your journey? Cycle 4 or 5 (I can't remember which) / CD 9
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I hear you on this!!  I couldn't remember if I was cycle 3 or 4.  Plus with doing 2 NTNP cycles before actually trying…..completely confused!  lol

[beachdreamer]

((Hugs)) caer and mugee

[wannabmama]

Status: ttc #1 for 15 mo now

What are you doing this month? IUI #2

Where are you at in your journey? 5piui

What is your mood? Not sure, really.

QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? He walked into a dive bar in a suit and looked sort of uncomfortable, which made it adorable, in it. We talked and I could tell he was smart...id been stuck with a bunch of dummies recently so he made an impression!

[hammysmommy]

Dec 8, 2015 15:11:32 GMT -5 wirt2cute said:

Dec 8, 2015 14:52:48 GMT -5 hammysmommy said:

The #s they posted might just be PR but I don't see how it could hurt to try!  Using instead softcups is also on youtube, but I don't see how that catches the swimmers and rescues them from our hostile vaginal environments...  It almost seems like a softcup inserted after sex would prevent sperm from being able to reach the cervix...

That could be true about the PR. I attempted to try the softcup but I could not get it in correctly on my attempt and when I did it was so uncomfortable. I am going to show my H the video and see what he says. 

Except for the fact it's like wearing a condom, which my dH hates, I don't know what he could complain about.  We'd still be having sex, it's not like he'd be j'ing off into a cup in a docs office...

[mamafesto]

Yay, first check in!

Status: TTC #2


What are you doing this month? Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, pnvs, vitamins b6 & d, fish oil, probiotics, opks, preseed, softcups...the kitchen sink


Where are you at in your journey? Cycle 5 TTCAL (cycle 11 TTC), 2dpo


What is your mood? Surprisingly chill. After working through some serious depression/anger post-MC, I am starting feel really ok right now. I think I've come to a place of acceptance with the idea that we may be one and done and it's helping me relax about the TTC (I mean taking every supplement under the sun and jamming a softcup up my hooha after sex is relaxed, right?). I'm sure I'll start crazy symptom spotting at some point, but for now I'm feeling ok with whatever happens. If this cycle is another bust, at lease I have the holiday debauchery to look forward to!


QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? We were peace corps volunteers and he was in a new training group a year behind me. I briefly met him at this American ex-pat bar, but apparently he and his best friend were checking me out and trying to decide whether he or she would have a better shot with me. He ended up getting stationed in the same area as me and we pretty much became immediately inseparable. He ended up leaving peace corps early to come home with me and 14 years later we're still making each other laugh.

[badwolf]

Good morning everyone!

Status: Still on hold TTC #2 for me and #1 for DH

What are you doing this month? Nada, zilch, zero (well, I'm still charting)

Where are you at in your journey? CD1

What is your mood? Pretty good. There's some job annoyance I'm dealing with and I'm kind of glad to be taking a break during the crazy EOY/holiday season.

QOTW: Describe the first moment you met your H/SO? We were actually set up on a blind date. Because of this we communicated by email and text for a few weeks before agreeing to a face-to-face date and when he came to pick me up for our date he showed up in a flashy car. I almost wrote him off as being a douchebag right then (stereotypes right? LOL). But I went on the date because he'd sounded really nice in his messages and we had a great time. I didn't find out until later that he borrowed his parents' car to try and impress me. LOL.

[wirt2cute]

Dec 8, 2015 18:10:57 GMT -5 hammysmommy said:

Dec 8, 2015 15:11:32 GMT -5 wirt2cute said:

That could be true about the PR. I attempted to try the softcup but I could not get it in correctly on my attempt and when I did it was so uncomfortable. I am going to show my H the video and see what he says. 

Except for the fact it's like wearing a condom, which my dH hates, I don't know what he could complain about.  We'd still be having sex, it's not like he'd be j'ing off into a cup in a docs office...

Omg, I was just thinking about that we are not condom people so that would be very interesting. 

[lennonkdc]

So I was researching the whole soft cups, storkotc thing and I saw that some people used their diaphragms to keep everything in place. I think I might try that next cycle.