***GKU IF WEEKLY CHECK IN*** Informal 6/29

[cateyes]

Hey Ladies!!! I had to be in to work super early this morning and forgot to post before I left so I don't have any of the tags today! I will post the updated lists next week and welcome to our new ladies! 



GKU IF WEEKLY CHECK IN

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 are 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 or IF who would like the company of others going through the same experiences.





If you would like to participate, please send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE with your info and I will add you on, and please feel free to post your intro. This will be posted every Monday. If you have any suggestions or would like something added, please feel free to post.



How long have you been trying to conceive?

Do you have a diagnosis? If so; what is it?

Are you currently doing any testing or treatment?

Any updates?





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QOTW-What was your favorite childhood TV show?

[mrsjene]

Good morning!

Sitting here at 11dpiui. I have an appointment with my RE's PA today to discuss next steps if this cycle doesn't work out (blood test is on Monday). Pretty much, it's just going to be another IUI. After next cycle if it doesn't work, I'll have the option of another IUI or move on to IVF.

Other than that, I'm just feeling pessimistic about this cycle. I'm the opposite of symptom spotting...I feel TOO normal. We'll see.

Edit:  LOL.  Coffee hasn't kicked in yet. Blood test is on THURSDAY.  Thanks, goldenlove3, for pointing that out.

[goldenlove3]

Not much to update on. Started cycle 23 last week. Part of me really wants to take a break from charting but I also want to have recent data to show the RE next month. I'll probably continue to chart this time and take a break next cycle since the RE appointment is going to be in the middle of my next WTO phase anyway. I have no idea if they'll want to rerun tests, etc. I hate living my life 2 weeks at a time. I want to just enjoy my summer but I also want to get a move on and start treatments again.

QOTW-What was your favorite childhood TV show?
I watched way too much TV as a kid so there were a lot. Rugrats, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, Mr. Dressup, Eureka's Castle...

[kaliRN]

Thanks cateyes for the check in!
mrsjene I'm sorry you're feeling pessimistic. It's hard to do this over and over. Hope your appointment goes well today.

AFM I'm sitting at 8 or 9 DPO just waiting to test. I test early because I need to be on lovenox the second I'm pregnant so I'll probably test tomorrow. Feeling neutral. I get a little excited like I usually do and then I'm trying to temper things so I don't have a huge letdown. Hoping that this is my month.

QOTW: I loved them all. Saved by the bell comes to mind. As well as all the nick shows for the most part. I watched a lot of TV as a kid

[kariann12]

Not much exciting here. Finished my last Femara this morning. Ultrasound is on Thursday, then potential IUI Saturday. We'll see how everything looks on Thursday.

[cateyes]

mrsjene-Hugs. IF totally makes you go to the "too normal, pessimistic" side every month. FX your normal turns into KU!
goldenlove3-I totally get your feelz about living two weeks at a time. Our whole summer (and it seems the last year) has been planned around when I would have treatments, where in a cycle we would be, etc. It feels like a full time job sometimes!
kaliRN-FX for you!!! I will be stalking the thread for updates!
kariann12-Good luck on your IUI!


AFM-I got benched last week. When I went in for baseline testing they found a golfball sized cysts. This folks is why baseline ultrasounds are so important, 5 cycles of no problems-#6 and a huge cyst!
So now I am in BCP until it goes away, which the RE thinks may be just one month. FX. I will be honest, it is nice not temping, tracking, planning, or rearranging my work schedule for appointments. Trying to see the glass half full!

[goldenlove3]

mrsjene Good luck with the beta. Monday seems so far for being 11dpi. Are you going to be testing beforehand?

FX kaliRN!

Hope you have some nice follies on Thursday kariann12!

cateyes Sorry you're benched this cycle. It definitely is nice to take a break from everything. Hope the cyst goes away quick.

[mrsjene]

Jun 29, 2015 7:25:50 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

mrsjene Good luck with the beta. Monday seems so far for being 11dpi. Are you going to be testing beforehand?

FX kaliRN!

Hope you have some nice follies on Thursday kariann12!

cateyes Sorry you're benched this cycle. It definitely is nice to take a break from everything. Hope the cyst goes away quick.

Fixed it!  LOL!

[goldenlove3]

Jun 29, 2015 7:34:47 GMT -5 mrsjene said:

Jun 29, 2015 7:25:50 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

mrsjene Good luck with the beta. Monday seems so far for being 11dpi. Are you going to be testing beforehand?

FX kaliRN!

Hope you have some nice follies on Thursday kariann12!

cateyes Sorry you're benched this cycle. It definitely is nice to take a break from everything. Hope the cyst goes away quick.

Fixed it!  LOL!

Haha I was going to say I could never wait that long!!

[wanderingheart]

mrsjene - wishing you so much luck for this cycle!
goldenlove3 - I get the charting frustration. I took a break from it, and it's helped me a little with not being as frustrated.
FX kaliRN!
kariann12 - we're cycle twins this round! My ultrasound is Thursday too, but we're not doing IUI this round. Good luck!
cateyes so many hugs for the bench. Hoping for you that it's only 1 month!

I finished Femara last night, and will go in for monitoring Thursday morning. If everything looks good, we'll trigger then. Only downside is we'll be sharing a hotel room with my brother and his girlfriend Friday and Saturday night - so we'll have to get creative with ways to get them out of the room.

MH has his urologist appointment this morning, and he'll do a repeat SA. I am completely clueless when it comes to MFI, so I have no idea what he's going to say or what his plan will be. I'll update you guys when I know more this afternoon!

ETA: This QOTW will be the end of me. I loved Boy Meets World. Probably my favorite show of all time. 

[mugster]

Good morning ladies, I'm on cd 6 and just popping Femara. I've been really sad for the last week, like want to curl in a ball and not move sad, and I'm not really sure why. I think maybe it is just now really sinking in that our time with the RE might not be short-lived (even though we are only one medicated cycle in, and there is no reason to think that way now, in particular). I'm trying to make myself run, and meditate, and get out of the house (I am a professor, so I work from home in the summer and curling up in a ball is kind of an option). I don't know, I'm not much fun lately.

goldenlove3, I feel you on living life in two week increments. Part of me just wants to give up and go back on birth control and move on with life.
fx mrsjene and kaliRN!
cateyes, sorry you are benched!
kariann12, I hope you have some beautiful follies!

QOTW: I loved Strawberry Shortcake.

[Stringy]

GL everyone waiting to test!

cateyes, thanks for the checkin and sorry for the spot on the bench. I'm glad you are finding the positive side of it though!

mrsjene, FX for this one. It is so hard not to be pessimistic, I feel you.

Hope this is your cycle kaliRN,

Hugs mugster, sometimes you just need to curl up and be sad. (and then get up and go run!)

AFM, I've been missing for a few weeks cuz I haven't been doing anything much (sat out a cycle waiting for IVF). Well here I am! I'm on day 3 of gonal-F and go in tomorrow for an u/s to see how its going. I"m on a pretty low dose (I think, 150) cuz I had 40 antral follicles at my baseline, so I'm worried about overstimming. The first night I messed up with the pen and didn't do it right, so after calling the pharmacy did it again and was assured I probably wasn't doing a double dose. Last night I had instant nausea and headache after the shot - but went to bed and it was fine. Otherwise so far it hasn't been too bad.

QOTW: so many shows. when i was little I loved punky brewster and full house. And of course SBTB when I was older. oh and all the Nick shows, Salute your Shorts and that one on the ranch..Hey Dude!

[Rama]

Ugh. I hate being mobile because it makes it impossible to tag, but know that I'm reading every single post and all of my best wishes, handholds, tears, and hugs are with each of you, as appropriate.

Over here, I fucked up my sleep schedule pretty bad this weekend and now I have to look at FF give me CH for a couple days ago, which I think is wrong. I guess we'll see how it turns up.

MrRama came kind of out of left field yesterday and said that we should definitely treat next cycle. Usually, he is really concerned with the cost, so between that and my general hesitance, we just kind of default to skipping. It surprised me to hear him make an invested statement like that. I told him that I still need to get a HSG, which will increase the cost, so we'll see where we actually land when it comes to actual treatment. Can I state the obvious and uncontested again? IF treatment costing so damn much is a crock of shit.

QOTW: Damn, it's hard to pick one. Maybe DBZ? It's the only show I can think of that I watched in a language I didn't understand, just so I could watch more.

[cateyes]

wanderingheart-FX for a great monitoring appointment!

mugster-hugs and more hugs. This is a tough road.

Stringy-Good luck!!! FX you get lots of eggs but not to many!!!

Rama-I agree-IF is way too damn expensive. It is BS that it is the one thing in health not mandated to be covered! Oh and by the way-I have officially memorized your tag-I feel quite proud

[lovegrilledcheese]

Stringy grow follies grow!

cateyes sorry about the cyst this cycle.

mugster wanderingheart kariann12 GL with this cycle! You guise are cycle triplets!

goldenlove3 GL at the RE appt

mrsjene FX for good betas

AFM: AF finally came! I started bc and the plan is for me to prep my lining like we would with a transfer and do a biopsy on 7/31. Then a probably a month later do a transfer. I also had 11 viles of blood taken last Thursday to start looking at autoimmune and clotting issues. So yay for a plan!

[longhornwino0907]

mrsjene, FX that this IUI worked! 11dpiui is so close but seems so far, I know!
goldenlove3, ((hugs)) this living a fragmented life is not for the faint of heart for sure
kariann12, FX for a successful IUI!
cateyes, ((hugs)) and FX that it's just a quick cycle of BCP to get that damn cyst to go away
wanderingheart, FX for a good monitoring appointment
mugster, ((hugs))
Stringy, Gonal-F is a bitch! FX that your stimming goes well
Rama, the costs of IF treatment are bullshit! I hope you and YH end up on the same page about treatment

AFM, I had sonograms on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, the doc told me we'd probably trigger Sunday night, but to have one more sono to be sure. Well, Sunday's sono, I had 2 additional follies for a total of 14 over 9.5. My doc looked at the numbers (on-call doc did the sono) and said for me to do one more night/morning of stims and come back today. I have another sono today at 1:45, and I'm hoping to be told to trigger tonight for ER on Wednesday! I'll update after the appointment with the final decision. Let me tell you, in addition to my abdomen being tired of needles, my right arm is so tired. 4 sticks in 5 days makes for very tired and stubborn veins!

QOTW: Probably Full House, Saved by the Bell, or Boy Meets World. The usual. I also always enjoyed the Nick@Nite summer line-up with nights full of I Dream of Jeannie or the Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island… Loved staying up to watch shows with my grandparents when I stayed over with them during the summer.

[Andrea]

cateyes, Thanks for starting. So sorry you got benched, and yikes on that cyst. Has it been causing you any discomfort?

mrsjene, Fx extra hard for you. Good luck with the appointment today.

goldenlove3, I took this weekend off from temping and that alone was like a giant breath of fresh air. I hear you about how consuming this stuff can be. Also, Rocko's Modern Life was my jam.

kaliRN, Love ya girl. Sending you all the positive vibes!

kariann12, Good luck with the IUI!!!

wanderingheart, Secret sexy times is the best! Have fun

mugster, Sometimes I think this IF stuff is all I can think/talk about. I feel like a broken record. I was there last week with the sadness, I just felt it cover me like a blanket and I just wanted to sleep and not think about the way my body was failing us at this TTC process. I think it is part of this process, and it is ok to be sad sometimes. Keep running & getting out when you can. Sending you big squishy creepy internet hugs.

Stringy, Good luck with the u/s tomorrow!

Rama, IF treatment costs are insane! I hope you and Mr. Rama agree on a plan, sounds like you may be headed to that soon!

lovegrilledcheese, Hooray for a plan!

longhornwino0907, Good luck with your appointment!

I am on day 9 of Provera so I am just patiently waiting for AF to come so we can get started with Femara. I am feeling pukey and hot flashy and bloated and have been cramping for a few days. I am ready do be done with stupid Provera. This is a 4 day week for me so I am just ready for a long weekend of pool and laziness. And celebrating the US of course!

QOTW-What was your favorite childhood TV show? The Smurfs, Captain Planet, Thundercats, Power Rangers, Full House, Who's The Boss, Home Improvement, etc. I apparently watched all of the TV. Also, all of these were dubbed cause I was in South America.




edited: spelling, added tags, and I  always forget the question.

[cateyes]

lovegrilledcheese-so much blood!!! Yikes! FX you get an answer and then can transfer soon!!!!

longhornwino0907-FX you get to trigger soon. Come on follies!!!

andrea-I had no idea I had the cyst! When he said the size, I was stunned. Without the U/S I would have been clueless!

[Andrea]

Jun 29, 2015 9:19:27 GMT -5 cateyes said:

lovegrilledcheese-so much blood!!! Yikes! FX you get an answer and then can transfer soon!!!!

longhornwino0907-FX you get to trigger soon. Come on follies!!!

andrea-I had no idea I had the cyst! When he said the size, I was stunned. Without the U/S I would have been clueless!

That is so crazy! I am so glad they found it before it got any bigger and caused you pain, etc.

[madamewaffles]

Heidi-ho, everyone! I am mobile so I shall return to LT and comment later.

FET #1 prep begins! I started Lupron today! My last BCP is Friday and then I am supposed to call when I get my period to schedule baseline.



QOTW: I loved Eureka's Castle and Rugrats!

[mustloveerica]

Hi everyone! Can't tag everyone from mobile but I'm thinking of every one of you as I read your updates.

AFM cd8 of medicated cycle 2. I'm feeling pretty meh about it. My SIL lapped me. She'll have had two kids before I've had one at this rate. It sucks. I'm happy for her but insanely jealous and sad for my own situation. My other SIL and I had a long talk about our future plans and what path were on for treatment. I told her if we aren't pregnant in another year we will start seriously looking at adoption. And she offered to be a surrogate. While I don't think it would ever come to that it really fills me heart with joy that someone cares that much about what we are going thru.

[kaliRN]

goldenlove3 I know what you mean by living life 2-4 weeks at a time. It sucks. I'm sorry it's been so stressful. Hugs!
kariann12 FX there are good looking follies in there for you!
cateyes I'm sorry you are benched for cysts but glad you are making the best of it!
wanderingheart getting creative could be really fun! FX for a good SA!
mugster I'm so sorry you are feeling so down. I've been there many times. Be kind to yourself and let yourself go through everything. Hugs!
Stringy FX you have the right amount and right quality of follies on US!
Rama IF treatment costs suck. I'm sorry you're in that position but I'm glad YH is on board for treatment. Hopefully you guys find a good spot to start.
lovegrilledcheese I'm glad you are moving on to biopsy cycle! One step closer to answers and transfer!
longhornwino0907 I'm sorry you've gone through the wringer but you are getting so close! FX today does the trick!
Andrea I'm sorry the provera is making you icky. Come on weekend and laziness!!!
madamewaffles YAY! FX for you!
@diordra two weeks can feel like a long time! Hopefully they will go buy faster!
mustloveerica I'm sorry you got lapped. I am being lapped now too. It sucks. Hopefully by this time next year things will look much much brighter!!!
@katerli I'm glad you have a plan, even if it means waiting a bit. Have fun on your vacations!!!

[longhornwino0907]

Update: I had 13 follies measuring over 9mm. Only 7 over 16mm, though. I'm pretty disappointed in that, honestly. I'm glad there are a few, but I was really hoping we'd have a few more larger follies, so that our chances of getting more mature eggs was greater. I'm triggering tonight for ER on Wednesday, as expected.

[mugster]

longhornwino0907, grow follies grow!

[babycowbell]

Hi ladies, good luck to everyone this week.

My third IUI was a bust so now on to our fourth and final attempt. I know the odds are super low at this point so it's going to be a tough cycle for me I think. We're unsure about IVF right now, so we'll just be on a break after this which will feel super weird I bet. Trying to stay optimistic but that's extra hard when the clomid makes me extra sad.

QOTW: Full House and all things TGIF!

[mugster]

Jun 29, 2015 18:11:23 GMT -5 ****** said:

I'm prepping for my 1st visit regarding IF. My doc wants a cycle history. Does anyone know if I can print my charts from FF? I'm 99% mobile and can't find the option to print from the app. Has anyone had success printing from the desktop version of FF?

Under sharing there is an option to print. If you are premium, you can print the last 12 months in one go... otherwise, you need to select them one at a time.

[Cythe]

Hey guise.

Just chilling over here at 7 DPO of a natural/zero sex cycle. MH comes home Wednesday (like TWO DAYS!) and im so excited!!

I'm hoping we can send him in to do a few freeze samples so we can stock pile at least 4 uses before he has tp head out again.

Plan is to start my Clomid on the 9th of July.

[snakefisherbub]

Hi ladies! Sorry no tags but I'm reading your updates. Hugs and love for you all.♡

Afm eh who knows. I guess I've been kinda bad with temping? If nothing else i need tostart opks again. I have no CH as of today, FF took them away. It had them originally on CD12, which is super early bit who knows. I thought maybe cd 18 as that is typical for me but nothing so far. What say you?

[Cythe]

snakefisherbub yeah, that chart looks like a whole lot of nuthin.

Props for continuing to chart though, I gave up on that at the 9 month mark.

[wittyandwaiting]

Hi I'm new to this check in but not to TCF, a few of you are familiar to me from other boards. I'm jumping in here because sometimes it feels like nobody else in the world gets it.

No diagnosis and all of our testing has been great but as a same sex couple we started with an RE from the beginning so that we could access donor sperm.

I'm CD7 right now and heading into IUI number 8 this month, this is our fourth FSH cycle and I'm back in for ultrasound / bloodwork monitoring tomorrow and daily until IUI day.

QOTW: I loved Punky Brewster!