Grad Check-In 1/22 **BFP's mentioned**

[snd1231]

Calling all pregnant ladies from 3T and IF!!! I need to know who would like to be added to this check-in. We all love hearing the success stories!

Good morning ladies! I might be posting this check in late on Wednesdays so that you can all post on Thursday in the future. I got a promotion at work so my hours are a little more insane.

 Anyhow.. I have left everyone from the board that will not be named to give everyone ONE more week to come over. If they do not post this week, they will be removed from the check-in. If you came over and changed your screen name please tag me in your update or shoot me a PM. Please PM me if you or someone you are close to on the board is going through anything that needs to be altered on this check-in. The last thing I want is to cause any heartache at any situation. I do my best to lurk on each person's history but am still learning on this site.

autumray
Diagnosis: PCOS
BFP Treatment: Femara, Follistim, trigger, and TI

@catlover790
Diagnosis: PCOS/ anovulatory cycles
BFP Treatment: Femara, trigger, and TI
Team Blue

cbnola71
EDD 8/29/15
Diagnosis: PCOS
BFP Treatment: letrozole, trigger, and TI

curve31
Diagnosis: MFI/Azoospemia
BFP Treatment: Clomid, trigger, and IUI with donor sperm
Team Blue

dsculley1824
EDD 8/13/15
Diagnosis: PCOS and fibroids
BFP Treatment: Letrozole, trigger, and TI

hbanana18
EDD 6/18/15
Diagnosis: PCOS
BFP Treatment: Clomid and TI
Can I say what team you are since I lurked and now know??!!


lebradford
Diagnosis: hyperprolactinemia, tubal factor, and borderline PCOS
BFP Treatment: IVF #1

@maitaibeth
PF is here and doing well!
BFP Treatment: IVF #1, long Lupron protocol

mshandlebar
EDD 9/19/15
Diagnosis: Azoospermia and blocked tube
BFP Treatment: IUI #4 Letrozole, Follistim, and Crinone

@mrss728
Diagnosis: PCOS
BFP Treatment: Clomid
Team Pink

ky29
5/28/15
Diagnosis:MFI
BFP Treatment: First round of IVF
Team Blue

radiantly
8/28/15
Diagnosis: Blocked right tube, endo?, chronic inflammation
BFP Treatment: natural- No caffeine, acupuncture, arvigo abdominal massage.

calindi (previously southernyankeegirl)
Precious Ryan is here! Born 1/10/15
Diagnosis: Unexplained, possible MFI
Treatment: Follistim and IUI #3
Team Blue

sugar4bri
Diagnosis: Unexplained
BFP Treatment: Clomid and IUI
Twins: One boy and one girl

triathlete23
Diagnsosis: Low vitamin D and PCOS
BFP Treatment: natural cycle with Vit D supplements
Team Green

@ttuprincess
Precious Madison is here! Born on Thanksgiving
Diagnosis: IR PCOS, Stage 3 Endo, LPD, and Adenomyosis
BFP Treatment: Bcps, injects, metformin, trigger, TI

wazzu08 would you like to be added to the grad check in?

wolfette
Talia Niamh was born on 12/23
Diagnosis: Unicornuate uterus (only the left half of my ute developed) and PCOS
BFP Treatment: FET #1


If you are new to the check in please tag snd1231 and provide the following information.
What is your EDD?
Do you know the gender?
How many babies are you expecting?
What was your diagnosis?
What treatment worked for you to finally get your BFP?


If you have already answered the above questions, let us know what is going on with you!

How are you feeling?
Have any important dr. appts?


QOTW: What is the weirdest thing that you have been craving so far?

[twinkl0503]

This is exciting to see so many BFPs. Can I ask what is TI?

[BunnyBerry]

Jan 22, 2015 9:35:07 GMT -5 twinkl0503 said:

This is exciting to see so many BFPs. Can I ask what is TI?

Timed Intercourse

[nutmeg8484]

snd1231
I was on IF but not 3T over there.
My diagnosis is PCOS and we got our BFP in November after our second fresh IVF cycle. We transferred one BB blast and are due 7/28/15! I am almost out of first tri. at 13 weeks but am still feeling nauseous/tired all the time. I can not wait to feel human again.
QOTW: I haven't had any craving so far since eating makes me sick. I hope cravings come soon though!

[calindi]

Hi all! I hope everyone is having a better week than the shitstorm last week that blew up TB.

All is well here. Little man is nearly two weeks old, and it's awesome to see how much he's grown in just that time. He's got more neck control and has more alert time. He's an easy baby who is always happy except when hungry, sitting in a poopy diaper, or needs to burp. So it's been easy to problem solve and keep him cuddly and happy.

He gained 11 oz in a week from day 4 to day 10, far surpassing his birth weight. My chunky monkey loves to eat, and thankfully my boobs have kept up beautifully with his voracious appetite.



QOTW: There was a day when it was a very bad summer storm - downed trees, no power, blinding rain. I decided I must make chicken broccoli casserole, so I drove the 10 mins to the grocery store. Got soaking wet in the process. All of this knowing I had no power to cook it with! But I needed it prepped just in case the power came back (it did an hour or so later). This all seemed perfectly reasonable to me at the time!

[nomnom]

I suppose I can check in here.

I'm 4w5d, which seems a little silly to even say I'm pregnant at that point, but technically I am. Maybe I'll feel like it's more legit after an ultrasound. We had two thawed embryos transferred on 1/8/15, so we'll see around 2/4 if we have one or two cooking!

QOTW: I just want salty stuff right now. That's probably because I'm drinking huge amounts of water--not really a pregnancy craving. I have not wanted sweet stuff at all.

[radiantly]

Thanks for keeping me in the list! I did move over. My EDD is changed to 9/1/15. I'm just over 8 weeks and the fatigue is kicked in. I am also gassy and constipated. Ugh. I am traveling to Europe next week for work and the Dr said it was ok as long as I walk around during the flight. I plan on telling my friend next weekend when I stay with her in Paris because otherwise she will expect me to drink wine and stand around with her friends chain smoking. I am grateful every day to be pregnant.

Edited forgot QOTW- I cannot stand sweets and crave salt. Mexican is hitting the spot. Chicken is starting to gross me out.

[hbanana18]

snd1231 - congrats on the promotion! And thank you for the check in. I am 100% here now and not at Voldermort. Give me the bad apples any day.

You can update me to team PINK!! A/S was amazing and our girl is healthy but she did show one soft marker for downs. I go for a level 2 U/S Tuesday with a MFM dr to make sure they didn't miss anything else and get a better look at what might be a calcium deposit on her heart. The good thing is, it doesn't affect heart function. My NT scan had really low risk odds so I'm not too worried, if she won't have any life threatening or quality of life issues, that's enough for me.

I'm 19 weeks today - seems so crazy.

QOTW - haven't craved anything too crazy - I find myself wanting what other people have. I did have a dream where I had some weird Chinese food and I woke up wanting it so bad but it wasn't even a real food. So weird. Oh, and I really want a margarita..

Glad to see a lot of familiar names here and hope you are all doing well - GL to those cycling and in 2WW - hugs and wine if you need it!

[ky29]

Hello! I am 22w today. Time seems to be moving slowly.. But I guess that's a good thing because we have so much to do. We registered last weekend, which was fun. And also built a cube/shelf thing that we will use as the changing table. Still needs to be sanded, painted, etc. Hopefully we will make a little progress each weekend!

QOTW: I haven't craved anything too weird. Although, I have loved dipping grilled chicken in yellow mustard. While I don't think it's too weird, I've never done that until now.

[triathlete23]

snd1231 My EDD is 8/31/15

I'm 8w3d, and feeling pretty good. Fairly constant nausea but as long as I keep my stomach full it's manageable! And the gas...wow I can't wait for that symptom to go away. We have an appt. with an OB on Monday for a 2nd opinion on my partial uterine septum- I'm a little nervous about how risky he's going to determine the pregnancy is, but I know we'll get through it! DH has been amazingly supportive and calming lately.

QOTW: The other morning, I saw maple syrup in our pantry, and became obsessed with the idea of having waffles with syrup and butter. I went grocery shopping that afternoon and when I got home, I literally threw all the bags on the kitchen floor and made the waffles because I needed to have them rightthatminute.

[nomnom]

radiantly Mexican does sound good! Chiles Rellenos in particular.

[rella22]

snd1231 (I hope this is how you tag!!)

I can't believe I was never ever on the Grad Check-In! But anyways, I finally made it over to the new boards so you can add me to the check-in now!

We are due with a baby girl on May 5th, 2015. We had an unexplained IF diagnosis, with several rounds of Clomid, Ovidrel, and then finally was switched to Femera for success! Got our BFP on our 2nd IUI using Femera and Ovidrel!

Lurking on you ladies DAILY!!!

[mshandlebar]

Hi!

I am 5w5d. It's still so early, and I am still so nervous. Our first u/s is Tuesday, and once we see the little bean, I'll feel better (for awhile at least). Otherwise, I am soooo tired. Yawning-all-the-time, I-could-nap-right-now tired.

QOTW: no cravings so far. Actually, it's almost the opposite. I have NO appetite. I'm not nauseous or anything, just not hungry. I usually eat all the time, so it's pretty weird.

[ProfessorChaos]

snd1231 - New to check-in! I went straight to the IF board when I joined TB, so I never was on TTCAL.

What is your EDD? 4/17, girl. Today is the last day in the second tri.
How many babies are you expecting? - Just one
What was your diagnosis? The only one that really did us in was tubal factor, mostly due to an ectopic pregnancy that wasn't caught by an inept doctor, and so ruined what was apparently my one good tube. However, by the end I also had been diagnosed with mild endo, mild hypothyroidism, a mildly arcuate ute, and a PCOS variant (I had normal periods and no androgens out of whack, but I went CRAZY when presented with stims). If anyone is ever told that they're brittle, come find me--I'm all over that.

What treatment worked for you to finally get your BFP?
The first FET following the third fresh attempt at IVF, the last time with CCS.

QOTW: It's mostly been a matter of what I can eat at various points. The first tri I ate very little. Now I'm limited by crazy heartburn. In between those times I pretty much wanted All. The. Food. Right. Now. No crazy cravings, and much less interested in salt and pickles than I expected to be.

[theholmanherd]

<abbr>calindi, I'm glad to see you have your own name and most importantly....

CONGRATULATIONS! HE'S ADORABLE!
</abbr>

[nomnom]

ProfessorChaos What do you mean by brittle?

[cbnola71]

I have officially made the move and intro'd on PAIF over here. no more bumping for me 8w5d today and i had my second ultrasound with my OB! I guess I unexpectantly graduated from my RE after my first US. She told me to call my OB and set up an appointment and said if my OB wanted to see me before my next appointment with her to just do it and cancel the RE's... well that is what happened and now I feel like I didn't get closure with my RE. I almost called to push back my OBGYN appt so I could have that last appt with my RE since I love her so much (she was there for every appt which was awesome since I know a lot only see a nurse), but my husband talked some financial sense into me saying it wasn't necessary to pay the woman just to say goodbye. I guess I will have to go over there and bring some goodies for my "closure" lol

As for the ultrasound today - everything looked perfect! My little one was upside down and moving around a bunch inside the gestational sack. My mom went with me since DH couldn't get off work and once I saw this US as good, I gave her the green light to buy stuff. She immediately wanted to go to the nearest baby store, so we went and she bought a few things. That woman is going to go crazy now, but that's what grandparents are for, right?

QOTW - I have not really craved much except junk. Its about the only thing that sounds appetizing. About this time every night (6pm-ish) I get nauseous, so I don't eat dinner most nights. Maybe that is why multiple patients of mine are asking me if I am losing weight... lol (and they don't know about the baby yet haha)

[ProfessorChaos]

Jan 22, 2015 18:19:06 GMT -5 nomnom said:

ProfessorChaos What do you mean by brittle?

It means that if my stims are not handled correctly then my E2 rise and follicle growth come crashing precipitously down. For example, the first time I was given stims it was meant to be a TI cycle, but I made 30+ follicles. The decision was made to convert to IVF, but within a day or two my E2 had gone from 900 to about 80, as they were worried that I was going to overstimulate and had pulled my dosage back to the minimum. They thought I had already O'ed, but no--just a crash (I don't include this cycle is my list of attempted IVFs). If you google "brittle PCOS" you'll see some stuff about this, but not a lot. This crash happened every single time I did stims until I switched REs.

[lindy04aggie]

It's so good to hear from y'all!!

calindi - SO CUTE!!!

mshandlebar - Stay Shiny, my friend!

[nomnom]

ProfessorChaos Wow, that's weird.

[cwuredhot]

snd1231 I have moved over from TB finally!

What is your EDD? July 26th
Do you know the gender? Not yet, probably not until march
How many babies are you expecting? One
What was your diagnosis? Secondary IF
What treatment worked for you to finally get your BFP? Femara, Bravelle, trigger and IUI #2

[jellybean]

snd1231- I never stopped by the head check in on the other site, but here I am now!

What is your EDD? 9\2
Do you know the gender? We'll be team green
How many babies are you expecting? 1 (But we did have a vanishing twin)
What was your diagnosis? Hypothalamic amenorrhea
What treatment worked for you to finally get your BFP? My 4th IUI with Follistim & low dose hcg plus trigger plus progesterone. I had also used acupuncture + Chinese herbs and reduced exercise (we went all in that cycle).

QOTW: No strange cravings, especially since I've had a lot of nausea. I've just been eating all the carbs- they make my stomach turn the least.

[snd1231]

cwuredhot welcome to the check in and congratulations!! I will add you to next weeks list!
cbnola71 so great about the good u/s and fun shopping with your mom! Enjoy every minute.
ProfessorChaos thanks for the explanations! I learn something new everyday. Also, congrats and welcome. I will add you to the list next week!
mshandlebar congrats! I am sorry that you are feeling so tired. I have heard that it get's better soon!
rella22 welcome and congrats!
triathlete23 please keep us all posted on what you find out. Know that you are in my prayers and I am sure many others as well.
ky29 how awesome that you built the cube/changing table together! It will be something so special!
hbanana18 woo hoo! Congrats on your bean being a girl!! How exciting! praying for you and your sweetie about the marker for Down's.
radiantly I will update your EDD. Have fun on your vacation!! I am so jealous!
nomnom congrats! You definitely qualify as pregnant!!!
calindi your sweetie is still as adorable as always!!
nutmeg8484 congrats! I will add you to our check-in! Hope you start to feel better soon!

[lebradford]

Hi!! I'm 12w1d today. My NT scan was today, and everything looked great. We do have some pending blood work.

I'm feeling pretty good! I'm extremely tired and I have been having a lot of headaches lately, but I'm rarely nauseous.

QOTW:Hmm... I'm not craving anything that weird. Carbs, cheese, ice cream. Stuff I normally love, I just love it more. I have been wanting sweet or sour hard candy and I never normally eat that though.

[snd1231]

lebradford man time is going so fast I remember when you first posted your BFP. WOO HOO!

[wolfette]

Hi ladies!

Talia is 4w2d old and growing like crazy! Her one month check up was today and she's up to 7lbs 5oz from 6lbs 4oz two weeks ago. After her weight gain problems in the beginning it feels amazing to see her weight jump up like that. She's sleeping in longer stretches which is awesome. While awake she's super alert, trying so hard to "talk", and manages to scoot herself around during tummy time. She amazes us every day.



QOTW: We were in the Outer Banks in August and found this great little restaurant with the best nachos ever on our drive in. It ended up being my first craving and we drove back there midweek. The restaurant was an hour away from the vacation house. They were damn tasty nachos.

[annaclaire256]

ky29 how in the world are you 22 weeks already?!? Time flies!

[curve31]

I'm 14 & 2 today. Finally in the second trimester! I'm feeling a lot less nervous about miscarriage now (knock on wood). Physically feeling good too. Having some insomnia mostly because I have to get up and pee every 20 minutes for the first couple hours after going to bed. Also my legs and scalp are itchy. Not sure why that is.

My brain is nesting already. I can't stop thinking and planning. I want to go through and organize everything. And get rid of stuff! My pack rat husband is not on board but too bad. Unfortunately my body is still not energetic enough. I will tackle it soon anyway.

QOTW: I have had random one time cravings here and there. Like chinese food and oranges. I was craving lemon something the other day and the only lemon in the house was some extract. So I made sugar cookies with lemon flavored icing. Honestly, now I'm hungry all the time and I'm getting tired of eating.

[sugar4bri]

snd1231 my EDD is May 7th, but we won't go past 38 weeks (so some time at the end of April).

Hi ladies! It's so good to see you all make your way over from the Dump!
We hit 25 weeks yesterday! Babies are doing great! At our MFM last week, Benjamin was 1lb10oz and Megan was 1lb9oz. They are just growing by leaps and bounds. I feel them on a daily basis now, but some days are quieter than others.
I am so so thankful for these babies, but I am starting to get miserable. My stomach feels stretched to the max and I'm not sure how it can stretch anymore! I have trouble washing dishes and doing laundry because my belly just gets in the way. My back and stomach hurt the most after I get home from work though. We'll see how long the docs let me work.


QOTW: No crazy cravings so far. But when I want something, I have to get it ASAP!

[momya]

Hi ladies! Just wanted to pop in and let you know IntuitiveBlue made it over. I'm trying to post on my new blog more often, which is what's up with the name change - rebranding and all.

Even though the twins are nearly 3 months old and I haven't been terribly active on 3T in a long time, I still check in on you and consider this my home board so I wanted to say hi, congrats, and good luck, as applicable.