Informal IF Check-in

[teachermomtobe]

I'm PUPO and 2dp3dt. I'm on a beach vacation this week and just taking it easy and trying to pass the time. We have lied to people about our beta date (8/4) for the first time. I just feel like we'll need more time to ourselves either way this time. Trying to stay positive.

QOTW: I'm a natural redhead and have never highlighted or colored my hair in any way. Is that interesting? lol

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Hiya!

I had my ET last Saturday. My cervix did not play along well at all, so in all honesty, it was worse than the ER because at least I was out for the ER. Haha.

But the good news is that I have one embryo named Hans chillin' in my ute and 7 other frozen ones.

Overall, I am very pleased with how things went. Ugh, now for the waiting. Beta 8/1. Might test Sunday morning, though, so I don't get any surprises.

"Interesting" tidbit - I love volleyball. When I played in HS and college, I was DS in back row. Nothing better than stealing someone's kill! Haha.

[ceejay]

Congrats on being PUPO, teachermomtobe and ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪!! FX for both of you!

I'm in a natural cycle now and planning to do IUI #3 next month. I've been looking through the calendar for the rest of the year and trying to decide how many more IUI cycles to do and if we want to do IVF or not. I keep going back and forth, and H is never much help because he always says he's willing to do whatever I want to do. Everything also depends on what happens with our foster care placement, so as usual for us, pretty much everything is up in the air for the next few months.

QOTW: I have a semi-photographic memory, which was very helpful in high school and college as I studied for exams. I could literally picture the entire pages of my notebook when I took tests, so I did pretty well most of the time!

[BurritosAtEveryMeal]

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ and teachermomtobe congrats on being PUPO! FX for you both.

AFM, it's my first full week on Metformin and Femara. We are looking at an IUI in a few weeks. I'm excited that this is where we are in the process, but I'm also kinda in denial. I think I've been in denial for a while now actually. So weird.

Something unique? I have had one patch of gray hair since the day it grew in. It's quite the conversation piece, which I always think is so weird.

[wannabmama]

Yeah teachermomtobe and ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ I hope your little embies are snuggling in well!
MH is the same ceejay he always says, anything you want...it's great and annoying.

AFM, nothing much going on until we get to CD21 of this cycle...then things start to happen!

QOTW: I really want to write a novel. I have bits and pieces of a draft sitting around in various places.

[pinkcat]

Congrats teachermomtobe and ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on being PUPO!!! FX so hard for both of you.

ceejay I understand what you mean about having to make the decisions yourself. DH has been like that about all of our testing/hypothetical treatment options and it's nice to have him be understanding, but I also want help making the decisions! It's tough. I hope you and your DH get the answers you are hoping for on your foster kids soon, so that you can make decisions you want to!

Good luck at your IUI BurritosAtEveryMeal!

wannabmama I just tagged you in the TTCAL thread but I'll do it again here Hopefully this cycle goes fast so you can get on with your IVF cycle!


AFM, I just finished my first medicated cycle.(Femara and TI) A negative test this morning and CD1 is imminent, so obviously it didn't work.

I am pretty bummed- I knew the increased chance of getting pregnant with Femara/TI wasn't that great since I already ovulate on my own, but I still got my hopes up. On to cycle 2!

[teachermomtobe]

Jul 26, 2016 15:51:10 GMT -5 pinkcat said:

Congrats teachermomtobe and ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on being PUPO!!! FX so hard for both of you.

ceejay I understand what you mean about having to make the decisions yourself. DH has been like that about all of our testing/hypothetical treatment options and it's nice to have him be understanding, but I also want help making the decisions! It's tough. I hope you and your DH get the answers you are hoping for on your foster kids soon, so that you can make decisions you want to!

Good luck at your IUI BurritosAtEveryMeal!

wannabmama I just tagged you in the TTCAL thread but I'll do it again here Hopefully this cycle goes fast so you can get on with your IVF cycle!


AFM, I just finished my first medicated cycle.(Femara and TI) A negative test this morning and CD1 is imminent, so obviously it didn't work.

I am pretty bummed- I knew the increased chance of getting pregnant with Femara/TI wasn't that great since I already ovulate on my own, but I still got my hopes up. On to cycle 2!

Sorry for the BFN. Hope cycle 2 is it for you!

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

pinkcat, hugs. The hope is different when you try something new. So it hurts a little more when it doesn't happen. Just keep on chugging forward.

[pinkcat]

Thank you, teachermomtobe and ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪!

[BurritosAtEveryMeal]

pinkcat take some time to be bummed and hopefully next cycle works out.

[thechickencoop]

teachermomtobe,♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ gggggaaaahhhhhh!!!!

pinkcat, sorry for the bfn .

[thechickencoop]

Nothing new here, 8dpo, on Crinone, just hanging out.

QOTW: H and I got married durine a tropical storm....I don't really have anything unique going on lol.

[daisy818]

Yay for PUPO, teachermomtobe and ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪!! FX so hard for you both!!

Big hugs pinkcat - I was really dejected after my first failed medicated cycle. FX the next one is your cycle!

AFM, just waiting to O in first Femara TI cycle, 3rd medicated cycle. We'll see how it goes. DH is much more optimistic than I am at this point.

QOTW: I have double-jointed elbows?

[wannabmama]

Me too daisy818 with the double jointed and I'm lol-ing bc I literally typed that out and then thought I'd said it before on a GTKY so I switched!

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Jul 26, 2016 18:21:54 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Nothing new here, 8dpo, on Crinone, just hanging out.

QOTW: H and I got married durine a tropical storm....I don't really have anything unique going on lol.

My Crinone sista!

#someassemblyrequired

[thechickencoop]

Jul 26, 2016 23:07:48 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Jul 26, 2016 18:21:54 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Nothing new here, 8dpo, on Crinone, just hanging out.

QOTW: H and I got married durine a tropical storm....I don't really have anything unique going on lol.

My Crinone sista!

#someassemblyrequired

[teachermomtobe]

Jul 26, 2016 23:07:48 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Jul 26, 2016 18:21:54 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Nothing new here, 8dpo, on Crinone, just hanging out.

QOTW: H and I got married durine a tropical storm....I don't really have anything unique going on lol.

My Crinone sista!

#someassemblyrequired

Count me in as part of the Crinone club. As DH said: it doesn't matter if they told you no sex or not, you're on Crinone. No thanks.

[ironbaby]

teachermomtobe and ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪, so very excited for our PUPO ladies! I will have everything crossed for both of you.

ceejay, I hope your DH starts being a bit more helpful. I also have a semi-photographic memory, so I could pull entire charts up in my head. It certainly made tests easier!

BurritosAtEveryMeal, I went through (shit, am still going through) the denial phase too. It is much more difficult than anticipated to accept the IF word.

wannabmama, come on CD21!! Excited for you.

pinkcat, I am so sorry for the BFN. There is a whole new level of hope for medicated cycles.

thechickencoop, I bet the pictures are wild!

daisy818, I hope the Femara is working out well for you.

AFM, I am pretty sure I just O'd on our natural cycle before going back to Clomid/IUI. I am honestly pretty dejected. Going through all of this again is tougher than I anticipated. I am glad, though, that my body is resuming normal function seemingly quickly.

QOTW: I have eaten guinea pig and piranha.

[thechickencoop]

teachermomtobe,♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪,

Bumping this cuz... question - what we're your progesterone levels? Mine was 11 at 7dpo when they tested and my RE thought that was low enough to supplement...just wondering.

[teachermomtobe]

thechickencoop, I never had a progesterone test after O. My RE's office always supplements with progesterone on any medicated cycle. I also believe I have a LP defect since I get my period 5-9 days after O when I'm not doing medicated cycles so I'm all for the supplements.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

thechickencoop, I have always supplemented since I started going to the RE. So I never asked. For TI, I took oral progesterone vaginally. And for this IVF cycle, I took/am taking Crinone.

[thechickencoop]

Hmmm ok thanks guys. I guess my testing was a little different since it was for RPL and we're not doing any other meds, treatments yet.

[mustloveerica]

thechickencoop mine was 4 the first time I did 7dpo testing. It then came back at 18 on clomid but they still had me start supplementing. I know that anything higher than 3 indicates you ovulated but not sure what level they consider a problem for pregnancy.

[cheezee]

Jul 30, 2016 10:05:51 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

teachermomtobe ,♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ ,

Bumping this cuz... question - what we're your progesterone levels? Mine was 11 at 7dpo when they tested and my RE thought that was low enough to supplement...just wondering.

I haven't been to our RE appt yet to get their opinion but my 7dpo progesterone came back at 7 last cycle.  OB told me they like to see at least above 10 for early pregnancy.  

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Jul 26, 2016 11:37:06 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Hiya!

I had my ET last Saturday. My cervix did not play along well at all, so in all honesty, it was worse than the ER because at least I was out for the ER. Haha.

But the good news is that I have one embryo named Hans chillin' in my ute and 7 other frozen ones.

Overall, I am very pleased with how things went. Ugh, now for the waiting. Beta 8/1. Might test Sunday morning, though, so I don't get any surprises.

"Interesting" tidbit - I love volleyball. When I played in HS and college, I was DS in back row. Nothing better than stealing someone's kill! Haha.

::clears throat:: Ahem!!! Please explain to everyone how you came up with Hans.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Jul 30, 2016 18:40:28 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Jul 26, 2016 11:37:06 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Hiya!

I had my ET last Saturday. My cervix did not play along well at all, so in all honesty, it was worse than the ER because at least I was out for the ER. Haha.

But the good news is that I have one embryo named Hans chillin' in my ute and 7 other frozen ones.

Overall, I am very pleased with how things went. Ugh, now for the waiting. Beta 8/1. Might test Sunday morning, though, so I don't get any surprises.

"Interesting" tidbit - I love volleyball. When I played in HS and college, I was DS in back row. Nothing better than stealing someone's kill! Haha.

::clears throat:: Ahem!!! Please explain to everyone how you came up with Hans.

Well, I was given the name by a certain pizza roll who correctly guessed a movie by a gif from it.

It appears, she stuck with the Dana Carvey route.