WTDS 2/15

[teachermomtobe]

The Waiting to Do Something Thread is posted once a week (usually on Mondays) for those of us that experience long, extended cycles. Whether it's medicated cycles, long (45ish+ days) cycles, postpartum/breastfeeding, TTA, on the bench, or something else, this is the place we gather throughout the week to discuss and vent about our slightly unique situation.







Numbers:



Circumstances:



R/R/NSNFQ:



GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation.

[teachermomtobe]

Numbers: I don't even know anymore

Circumstances: TTA due to medical issues

R/R/NSNFQ: CD1 showed up 8 days after I O'd so that was special. It's clear now why I take progesterone during my medicated cycles with the RE. I have a CT Scan on Wednesday which will hopefully give us a clear picture about what is next for dealing with my appendix and when we can get back to TTC.

GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation. I'd have to say our honeymoon to Punta Cana. Spending a week eating, drinking, swimming, and relaxing on the beach with DH was amazing.

[ourcrazynavylife]

Numbers: Cycle 2/ Month 3/ CD22

Circumstances: TFAS in March & April

R/R/NSNFQ: I've been spotting a lot after my predicted O date. It's freaking me out and makes me want to POAS.
I "never" spot & I don't know what my body is doing.
www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4c40d8

GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation.
My favorite vacation is probably our trip to Sandals in Jamaica. We had such a great time and the all inclusiveness was awesome.

[ourcrazynavylife]

teachermomtobe I hope your CT gives you some answers !! FX for good news.

[JustJudy]

Numbers: M 14/ C 12

Circumstances: Benched this cycle, hoping I'm cyst free next week at my CD3 ultrasound.

R/R/NSNFQ: I picked up $1100 worth of injectables on Friday. I better get to use them next cycle!

GTKY: a few years ago we did a family reunion with 22 people on a Caribbean cruise. It was so much fun to see family I hadn't in a long time, get to have dinner together every night and do some excursions together, but also enjoy alone time and unlimited drinks!

[teachermomtobe]

ourcrazynavylife, Looking at your chart I'm not entirely convinced you O'd. Refresh my memory, did you recently get your PP period? Also, do you record the times you have sex with a condom on your chart as well?

[teachermomtobe]

JustJudy, meds are so expensive! GL at your CD3 ultrasound next week.

[JustJudy]

Feb 15, 2016 12:30:20 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

JustJudy, meds are so expensive! GL at your CD3 ultrasound next week.

Thank you!

Are you feeling better at least? I hope they give you the all clear soon.

[teachermomtobe]

JustJudy, Yes I am finally feeling completely back to normal 2+ weeks after it started!

[ourcrazynavylife]

teachermomtobe yea, I got my IUD out in Dec. this is my 2nd pp cycle. I record all sexy times on the chart.
I had to get a new thermometer on like CD6 so I don't know if that's a factor as well.

[teachermomtobe]

ourcrazynavylife, I'd say give it some more time. The IUD, pp cycles, new thermometer could have definitely made things wacky this cycle. I'm still not convinced you O'd and even if you did on CD14 like FF thinks, it's still too early to test. Hang in there!

[ourcrazynavylife]

teachermomtobe thanks for the CS!!

[JustJudy]

Feb 15, 2016 12:47:47 GMT -5 ourcrazynavylife said:

teachermomtobe yea, I got my IUD out in Dec. this is my 2nd pp cycle. I record all sexy times on the chart.
I had to get a new thermometer on like CD6 so I don't know if that's a factor as well.

Hmm, those temps don't make a very convincing argument for O already happening. I also don't think you've Od yet.

[TheEleventhHour]

teachermomtobe GL with the CT scan. I hope they can finally figure everything out so that you can get back to TTC!

ourcrazynavylife I am also not convinced that you O'd. Keep temping! Also DH and I are planning an all inclusive trip right now and one of the places on the list is Sandals Jamaica. Glad to hear you loved it.

JustJudy I hope your CD3 ultrasound looks good!!!

[BabyStandish]

Numbers: n/a

Circumstances: Bf'ing 13 month old and waiting for my 1st PP AF

R/R/NSNFQ: just waiting for my body to get with the program.

GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation. This is a toughie. I love so many different vacations. I guess my favorite so far was to Greece a couple years ago. That's where my husband proposed to me and we ran the Classic Marathon from Marathon to Athens. It was so much fun and so much good food. We had such a great time exploring the country.

[TheEleventhHour]

Numbers: CD16, WTO

Circumstances: TTA until summer

R/R/NSNFQ: Nothing much going on here. Temping, waiting for CHs. Trying to decide when to get my IUD out. We are going to the Caribbean in April so definitely not until we are back from that trip.

GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation. This is tough. I'd have to call a tie between Ireland with my mom and London/Paris with DH (boyfriend at the time). Ireland was awesome to do with my mom because we rented a car and drove a lot of the country and got to visit the town where our family came from during the famine. And the other trip was my first vacation with DH and the first time he ever left the country so it was fun to experience that with him!

[BabyStandish]

TheEleventhHour do you have room in your suitcase for me for your trip in April? I just request a couple holes for breathing.

[TheEleventhHour]

Feb 15, 2016 14:01:53 GMT -5 BabyStandish said:

TheEleventhHour do you have room in your suitcase for me for your trip in April? I just request a couple holes for breathing.

Done! I'll go drill the holes now  

[BabyStandish]

Feb 15, 2016 14:05:29 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

Feb 15, 2016 14:01:53 GMT -5 BabyStandish said:

TheEleventhHour do you have room in your suitcase for me for your trip in April? I just request a couple holes for breathing.

Done! I'll go drill the holes now  

Woo! Day made!! 

[gabride2010]

teachermomtobe I hope you get good results from your CT and that you get to restart TTC ASAP!

ourcrazynavylife I also don't think that you've ovulated yet because I don't see a temp shift. I hope that you O soon.

JustJudy I hope your cyst goes away soon! Your vacation sounds so fun!

BabyStandish Gah I hope your body gets it together soon so y'all can start TTC!

TheEleventhHour I hope summer comes quickly for you! Your trips sound amazing!

AFM...

Numbers: Cycle 2 CD 11

Circumstances: TTC #1

R/R/NFNSQ: I'm just WTO. FF predicts that I won't O until around March 27th, so...I'm going to be here for a long time.

GTKY: My favorite vacation was in May 2014 when H, my parents, and I spent 9 days in Alaska. It is the most gorgeous place, and there are so many amazing things to see and experience. The highlight of the trip was when we went Halibut fishing in Homer. H and I want to go back so bad (hopefully next year).

[sweetmelissa5]

Numbers: Cycle 2/month 3, CD 13

Circumstances: still breastfeeding my 15 month old (only at night at this point, but I'm hoping to completely wean soon), finally got my first pp period at 13 months and had a 47 day cycle

R/R/NSNFQ: I'm hoping I ovulated last cycle, since my period did come on its own, but I bought a new thermometer (I have no idea where the old one went, but I expect it to show up sometime in the next month now that I've gotten a new one) so I can track things better this cycle. My sleeping patterns suck but that hasn't prevented me from detecting ovulation in the past, so I'm optimistic.

GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation. In July 2014, my parents, my sister, and I took my kids to Disney World, and it was awesome (even being about 6 months pregnant). I'd love to take the kids again once the youngest is at least 3 or 4.

[sweetmelissa5]

teachermomtobe, I hope you get good news on Wednesday and are able to get back to TTC very soon.

ourcrazynavylife, I agree with PPs that I don't think you O'd yet, but hopefully soon.

JustJudy, FX for no cysts!

BabyStandish, I really hope your period arrives soon (I know how frustrating it is to wait with nothing happening; my period finally came back at 13.5 months so maybe very soon for you too).

TheEleventhHour, Just my personal thoughts, but I'd get the IUD out ASAP and just use condoms until I was ready to TTC. Your trip sounds awesome, though, and I can definitely understand not wanting to deal with condoms on vacation.

gabride2010, I hope FF is way off and O comes much earlier than anticipated.

[gabride2010]

Thank you @sweetnelissa5! I hope you are still able to detect ovulation!

[eucalyptus]

Numbers: Not charting yet.

Circumstances: Tentatively thinking about TTC this spring. We waver on this, as we still have some housework and vacations we would like to do first.

R/R/NSNFQ: Are there any good resources for financial planning for a child? I am wondering how much we should plan to spend (childcare, gear, medical expenses) so I am hoping to see some averages.

GTKY: Hawaii. So much Hawaii that I want to move there.

[thechickencoop]

teachermomtobe I hope the antibiotics did the trick for your appendicitis!


eucalyptus I don't know about getting averages for stuff like that; I mean, it can vary so incredibly much. For example, we had a low deductible plan when I had DS so my labor/delivery would have been like, $250; HOWEVER, I had a lot of complications towards the end and ended up with 2-3X weekly monitoring so we ended up paying a shitton more because of the copays and whatnot. I mean, it wasn't a surprise because we knew our insurance, but it was...unexpected I guess. Also, childcare really depends on the type (center vs in-home) and your COL area.

I would do your own research; speak with your insurance company to confirm your copays/deductibles/max OOP expenses and then I would budget for the worst. You could have the most uncomplicated pregnancy/delivery ever, but you shouldn't plan for that. Also I would just call around to childcare facilities in your area. They get inquiries all the time I'm sure; hey, what is your cost for 5 full-day daycare?  You want to make sure you find out what's included (meals, etc, for when they get older), and drop off/pick up times, etc.

[thechickencoop]

Numbers: TFAS since 9/2014

Circumstances: RPL in 2015. TTA for a couple cycles now to recover/mental health break.

R/R/NSNFQ: So I think next cycle we'll be TTC again.

H has his therapy appointment TODAY. He's like, I don't know what I'm going to talk about...? Well...I can think of a lot. Backstory, because I know I've been on about this for weeks, is he suffers from pretty severe PTSD, anxiety, hypervigilence. It's affecting our marriage and QOL and, I basically told him I was done. We've been to marriage counseling in the past because we basically suck at communicating and while that's all fine and dandy, I just can't deal with living in this constant state of fear (him being fearful, not that I'm scared of him). So I told him he needed to work on himself before I can be comfortable TTC again. So this...is him making an effort. And I'm really proud of him (which sounds lame, but it's a big step).

GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation. Ummm...any? Kidding. I went to Greece years ago with my parents and it was wonderful. Just beautiful. H and I honeymooned in the FL Keys and I really loved that. Just relaxing, fishing, the weather....::sigh::

[doodler]

teachermomtobe sorry for the crazy cycle!

ourcrazynavylife sorry about the spotting. I had a few fluke cycles where the same thing happened.

JustJudy I hope you get to use your injectables soon!
BabyStandish I hope your body gets it together soon!
TheEleventhHour , I'm jealous of your trip!
gabride2010 sorry you're stuck waiting.
eucalyptus I wouldn't even know where to start with estimating financial stuff. It's so different family to family and kid to kid!
thechickencoop I'm glad your hubs is taking that step. I hope it helps!

Numbers:  Month 8 TFAS

Circumstances: See loss history in siggy

R/R/NSNFQ: Well, we found out that the last loss was because the baby had Triploidy. I'm officially on the bench for 2-3 more months until we confirm that it wasn't a partial molar pregnancy. Cross everything for me that it wasn't.

GTKY: Tell us about your favorite vacation: My Mom took me to Europe for my high school graduation. We went to England, France, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, and Italy. Freaking amazing!

[thechickencoop]

doodler I'm so sorry for your loss last month; I don't think I knew This may be a stupid question but how do they confirm it was a molar? Wouldn't they be able to tell right away?

[doodler]

Feb 16, 2016 9:41:43 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

doodler I'm so sorry for your loss last month; I don't think I knew This may be a stupid question but how do they confirm it was a molar? Wouldn't they be able to tell right away?

Thanks Hun. Not a stupid question at all. I was very confused at first. Apparently all Partial Molar Pregnancies(PMP) are Triploidy but not all Triploidy babies result in a PMP. There are only two ways to test for the PMP in a Triploidy pregnancy. One way is to specifically test the baby for it. That didn't happen in my case. The other way is to monitor my HCG levels after the loss to make sure they don't start going back up. That would indicate the PMP.

ETA: My doctor thinks I am low risk for a PMP because my HCG tanked quickly. But, apparently sometimes the PMP cells can "hide" for a bit and start dividing later. That's why she wants to continue monitoring me for a few months.

[thechickencoop]

Feb 16, 2016 10:09:41 GMT -5 doodler said:

Feb 16, 2016 9:41:43 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

doodler I'm so sorry for your loss last month; I don't think I knew This may be a stupid question but how do they confirm it was a molar? Wouldn't they be able to tell right away?

Thanks Hun. Not a stupid question at all. I was very confused at first. Apparently all Partial Molar Pregnancies(PMP) are Triploidy but not all Triploidy babies result in a PMP. There are only two ways to test for the PMP in a Triploidy pregnancy. One way is to specifically test the baby for it. That didn't happen in my case. The other way is to monitor my HCG levels after the loss to make sure they don't start going back up. That would indicate the PMP.

ETA: My doctor thinks I am low risk for a PMP because my HCG tanked quickly. But, apparently sometimes the PMP cells can "hide" for a bit and start dividing later. That's why she wants to continue monitoring me for a few months.

Jeez. That's interesting to know. Well hopefully your hcg drops super quickly.