GKU Informal IF Check-in *10/10*

[kawaiikitsune]

This check-in is meant for anyone on GKU who has hit the 1 year mark of TTC (6 months if you’re over 35), has an infertility diagnosis, or is going through IF testing/treatment. It is meant to be a place for people to share and ask any questions who might not participate on 3T/IF and who would like the company of others going through the same experiences.



If you have any questions about participating, please send amberr a PRIVATE MESSAGE otherwise please share you info and jump on in!!!! This will be posted every Monday. If you have any suggestions or would like something added, please feel free to post.



QOTW - Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, as what?

[kawaiikitsune]

FF finally gave me CH's today and I am currently 4DPO. Our timing was not so great this month but whatevs. Thankfully, the hurricane wasn't so bad and we didn't even lose power. His brother stayed with us though so no storm sex.

QOTW : We're not sure if we are or not. Depends on if MH can get the night off of work.

[ironbaby]

Glad you're safe and have power, kawaiikitsune.

I'm cd2 of our last iui/Femara cycle. If this doesn't work, it's on to ivf.

QOTW: we are dressing up, but I still haven't decided what to be. I might get really lazy and just dress all in black and borrow H's bow and arrow and be Katniss.

[wannabmama]

kawaiikitsune I'm glad you're ok but I'm sorry you missed out on storm sex tho...that's my favorite! (For us it's snowstorm usually)

Good luck with the IUI ironbaby!

I triggered tonight for ER on Wednesday morning. I'm bummed because I only have three follicles...but I guess we only need one, right?!? Seems like a lot to go through for three follicles. But all will be forgiven if something could just work!

QOTW: I think I'm going out with a girlfriend, her H is out of town so we will just do dinner somewhere. MH and I may go to a party the weekend before, but haven't decided what we'd go as...

[daisy818]

Glad you're safe, kawaiikitsune!

Good luck with the IUI, ironbaby - hope you never have to move on to IVF

Hope ER goes smoothly, wannabmama!

AFM, my body is still being a dick. 17dpo, temp dropped some more today so I didn't test, but still not CD1. WTF, body. Ready to move on.

QOTW: Not sure yet - we have a Halloween party but I'm not sure we'll be able to make it. Last year we went as Trump and Hillary - we could probably just relive that magic with fun new accessories. Daisy will probably be a taco again, because so far it's the only costume she'll tolerate.

[bex15]

Good luck ironbaby and wannabmama!

FX for moving on to the next cycle soon daisy818

I finally scheduled my initial RE appointment, it's not until December and I'm nervous but glad to have taken a first step at least.

QOTW: No plans to dress up yet but hopefully will. I need to go to the store and browse for inspiration.

[kayladawn91]

Just hanging out in a natural cycle while we save money to continue testing with an RE. I've lost count of which cycle I'm on and I'm just frustrated, sad, and wishing life was different.

QOTW: I don't think so. I'm just going to wear my Halloween LLR leggings to our church Halloween party. We don't even usually hand out candy at home. My dogs have costumes though! Luna will be superman with a tutu and Dozer will be batman!

[thechickencoop]

kawaiikitsune glad you guys are safe!

ironbaby {{hugs}} I have everything crossed for you.

wannabmama Good luck on Wednesday!!!

Dude, daisy818, wtf body.

Woohoo bex15! That first step is the hardest!

{{hugs}} kayladawn91

[thechickencoop]

AFM we had our follow up with the RE today. Next cycle we're officially moving to IUI. I'm pumped and scared.

She agreed that since we're OOP to just forgo a 'monitoring only' cycle basically. She said she didn't feel strongly about it for our case one way or another which is awesome because that saves us over $1000.

So we'll be doing low dose Clomid - she starting my at 25mg, trigger shot, IUI, progesterone. CD3 and 7DPO bloodwork and ultrasounds starting on CD11.

They also require a pre-IUI workup for H which is basically another SA (good anyway since his initial one was in January) and then they wash it like they would I believe to make sure that everything looks good. So he's gotta schedule that for sometime next week.

So, all in all I feel good about moving forward. I feel like we're in good hands. Everythings included in our cost but meds and the SA so that is a slight relief too.

That is...if I'm not KU this cycle. My O symptoms have been slightly out of control (sore boobs, breaking out, bloating) which is not my normal ::shrug::

Tl;dr we're on for IUI next cycle. Eeeeeek÷

QOTW: Ahhhh, probably not. We might do something easy to compliment DS's costume but nothing major.

[bex15]

That's exciting thechickencoop!!

[bex15]

Big hugs kayladawn91

[kawaiikitsune]

ironbaby Crossing all the things for you!
wannabmama FX your ER goes well.
daisy818 Sorry your body isn't playing nice this cycle.
bex15 Yay for making your first appointment. It is a hard step to take but glad to hear you did it.
kayladawn91 *hugs* I feel ya.
thechickencoop Hoorah for moving forward and saving money. Hope this cycle goes off without a hitch.

[wannabmama]

Hugs kayladawn91 life can be so so rough.
(I'm in love with your dogs and their costumes, though!)

[ironbaby]

wannabmama, I am sorry for the low response. I have everything crossed for you that it's all that you need!

daisy818, Are you on progesterone or anything that could delay your period? FX for you!

bex15, good luck! I know it's intimidating, but it's so exciting to feel like you're making progress.

kayladawn91, big hugs. I get it. It's exhausting.

thechickencoop, yay for progress! I hope the Clomid is nice to you (or that you don't need it at all!)

[daisy818]

I never thought I'd be happy about this, but finally CD1!! 17 day LP. RE says that can happen with medicated cycles, especially if you already had a longer LP on natural cycles, but 17 days is just too. damn. long.

[butlerfan]

kayladawn91 so many squishy hugs going out to you today.

[butlerfan]

Oct 11, 2016 8:11:39 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

I never thought I'd be happy about this, but finally CD1!! 17 day LP. RE says that can happen with medicated cycles, especially if you already had a longer LP on natural cycles, but 17 days is just too. damn. long.

ugh....I wish it was a different result for you but at least you are out of limbo for this cycle. That time period is the worst.

[butlerfan]

bex15 the first step of making the appointment is a hard one and a personal one of when to seek additional help/testing, etc.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

kawaiikitsune, damn it, BIL! Glad the storm wasn't too bad for you, though!!

ironbaby, you know I'm a pretzel hoping this is the one!

wannabmama, wishing you all the best for Wednesday. Have you decided what you want to do for after? Fresh/frozen transfer? 3 Day/5 Day? FX this is it!!!

daisy818, yay and boo for CD1. The long wait KILLS.

bex15, welcome aboard. I hope December comes quickly for you.

kayladawn91, dude, no clue here what cycle I am on. Laughing at the thought of it, actually.

thechickencoop, YAY for moving forward! Glad you feel like you're in good hands.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

I'm just chillin' here at 4dp5dt. I feel nothing, so my brain automatically says, "NOPE, TRY AGAIN LATER."

We are traveling "home" this weekend to go to a hayride/fall fest at MH's cousin's farm. I *want* to wait for Sunday to test (beta is on Monday, and DNW to find out that day), but I don't know if I will be able to hold out. I just don't want to be a ball of emotion if it's negative. Ugh.

Great outlook, huh? LOL.

QOTW: No, we won't dress up, but we love to make the house look fun and hand out candy. Our favorite little decoration is this bat that you put a couple of batteries in, stick it to the ceiling of the porch, and it flies around in circles. The little ones think it's real. LOL.

[wannabmama]

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ since we have so few, it will likely be a 2-day transfer of whatever fertilizes (please, oh please, let something fertilize...we will do ICSI). My doc would put in three if we had that many (given my age and struggles to this point), so there's no real reason to wait for a 5-day transfer, assuming that at the most we will have three. If we had more, we would let them grow and pick the best, hoping for 5 day...but the decision is made for us thanks to my lazy ovaries!

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Oct 11, 2016 10:13:49 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ since we have so few, it will likely be a 2-day transfer of whatever fertilizes (please, oh please, let something fertilize...we will do ICSI). My doc would put in three if we had that many (given my age and struggles to this point), so there's no real reason to wait for a 5-day transfer, assuming that at the most we will have three. If we had more, we would let them grow and pick the best, hoping for 5 day...but the decision is made for us thanks to my lazy ovaries!

Well, bright side is you won't have something to look back and wonder if you made the right choice! ICSI is the best, I have all things crossed!

[bex15]

Best of luck to you ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪!

[thechickencoop]

Oct 11, 2016 10:06:44 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

I'm just chillin' here at 4dp5dt. I feel nothing, so my brain automatically says, "NOPE, TRY AGAIN LATER."

We are traveling "home" this weekend to go to a hayride/fall fest at MH's cousin's farm. I *want* to wait for Sunday to test (beta is on Monday, and DNW to find out that day), but I don't know if I will be able to hold out. I just don't want to be a ball of emotion if it's negative. Ugh.

Great outlook, huh? LOL.

QOTW: No, we won't dress up, but we love to make the house look fun and hand out candy. Our favorite little decoration is this bat that you put a couple of batteries in, stick it to the ceiling of the porch, and it flies around in circles. The little ones think it's real. LOL.

YOU'RE WAITING UNTIL SUNDAY??? Woah. That's like...the equivalent of 14dpo, right? That's too much. I'm waiting. ::drums fingers::

[wannabmama]

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ FX for you! I will be optimistic for you if you can't be for yourself

daisy818 I'm not happy that AF came, but I am happy that if it was going to happen, it didn't take too much longer, the waiting is so agonizing!

bex15 the decision to go to the RE is hard, but for me anyway, I actually felt a lot better once I went and started doing the testing and such, like I got a little tiny bit of control and some data and knowledge to think about what to do next!

[ironbaby]

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪, I'll just be stalking you constantly waiting for you to cave.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

It's so true, though, that once you've had failure after failure, you just don't wanna see the negatives anymore!! I'm holding out until at least Friday. FINAL OFFER.

[lilsneezy]

****** That's great news that your insurance will cover more than you thought! It would also be awesome if you got IVF coverage, although I hope you never need it!

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

******, that sounds like some hopeful news!! Fill us in once you get more info.

[rooskie]

****** - I work for a huge company (not as big as yours but we are one of your top suppliers) and we are self funded. It stinks because our accountants know when some procedure is done, just not to who/which location. Good luck sorting through everything.