Any other DISers trying to concieve? Reread OP for the QOTD!

[GypsySue]

AF showed up today. Showed up way early which has me concerned. I know what day I ovulated and my luteal phase is always 14 days, and today was only 7 DPO. What up with that???

 

[helenabear]

Hi y'all! I've been very busy this weekend and I am soooo wiped out after everything. My choir director told me to take the night off so we won't be going back tonight for evening service. I know I am behind, but this anniversary celebration at church had us very very busy. I admit it has me so worn out that I felt like I was going to pass out at church this morning.

Gurgi I know that's not a lot but I've been reading and thinking about you lately. I hope you can take it easy and feel better soon

Sheri, you have me wondering about that period of yours. A week early... and no real period. I might call the doc and get their take on it.

Momsully, I have no real advice on that one. Again I am all for calling the doc to see which they would prefer. I would imagine that if you start at night, the early morning on the 4th day (including the night that you started) wouldn't be bad... but again I would ask, they may rather you come in on the 3rd. Just a guess

Meredith that is an awesome Beta!!! I cannot wait to hear how it all goes next month!

Michelle as I was reading more, it seems that B6 is only good for about 60% of the women who try it. For the most part it does great things for me. I do have to watch what i eat though. But it takes the edge off of everything if I can't eat blandly.

Sue, have you been stressed lately? I know that can cause me to have a weird short cycle. No idea otherwise.

Denise, sorry you were sick today. The worst I have had is dry heaves. But I hate throwing up and avoid it all the time. I never feel better after (it makes my body way too shaky). Headache is common apparently in pregnancy, but if it gets too bad and the Tylenol doesn't help, I was always told to talk to the doctor as it could be something more serious.

My next appt is this Thursday. We'll have another ultrasound to see how it is going. Of course you all know how scared I am. My previous pregnancy had a baby with a heartbeat at 6ish weeks and was gone by 11ish. The baby had most likely died around week 7 or so. Even if after this ultrasound is good, I will be scared... I don't know when I would be able to let go and understand that all will be okay. Enough rambling... just never realized it would be this hard in general.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

Hi ladies!

Well, we survived the great cleanup in LA and I managed to not barf even once. I had plenty to provoke me even without morning sickness - our friend's dad had his stroke just after Christmas, and the house has been mostly empty since then except when one of his kids were in town to visit him. Well, the rats, mice, spiders and lizards moved in quickly and made themselves at home. Our poor friend has been making the trek down as often as she can and setting up traps and poisions, but they had really made a mess of the place. DH was great about stepping in for me whenever I encountered something nasty, and I wore gloves no matter what I was doing. I'm so glad we made the trip, even though it was a brutal drive (LA traffic is such a nightmare! ) and lots of hard work. The house is in much better shape and is now ready to be appraised and start the sale process.

Unfortunately, we got a call early this morning from our cat sitter telling us that one of our foster kittens was sick, and we had to race home. We were able to get our cat sitter in touch with the woman from the cat rescue group and they took the poor baby into the vet. They stopped past with the little guy when we got home, and then he went to the rescue group's HQ for some intensive TLC, but they called us just now and said he didn't make it. Poor little boy, he had a rough start and just couldn't rally to survive. He was only about 2 weeks old when he was handed over to the rescue group, and we got him when he was about 4.5 weeks. We still have his brother, who is doing really well and is very strong and active, so that's a consolation, and they're going to bring over one of the other kittens from his litter to give him some company again so he doesn't grieve so much. I'm so glad we help out with the rescue group, but it is horribly hard when we loose one of our fosters. This is the second one we've lost in the last year, and it just never is easy.

Sorry for the long, mostly non-TTC post, but it's been a rough weekend. DH has been a sweetheart, and made me strawberry-banana muffins and has once again taken on most of the tough calls about the poor kitten. Don't know what I'd do without my grumpy guy!

 

[DisneyDreamer8]

Well guys...I'm not sure if I will be able to check in tonight or not so I just wanted to say that I hope to see some BFP's by the time I get back.

We are headed to Portland tomorrow and we fly out early Wednesday. I'll tell and Hello from you all!!!!

Walt Disney World here we come!!!!!

 

[mickeyboat]

Popping in to say a quick "hi!" I have been sick since Thursday, and I am finally starting to feel human again. Now the kids are sick. I stayed home this morning, and DH came home around 1PM so I could get a few hours in at work.

Hugs, Gurgi. Hope you are on the mend, soon.

Denae

 

[ashjohnson80]

Hey guys!

Sorry I haven't checked in in a while, but I've been super sick. I've lost about 15 lbs now since I found out I was pg. But it's okay hopefully it will get better in about 3 weeks or so, I'm trying to be positive and not complain... too much.

Good luck to those TTC

And Gurgi- I hope you start feeling better real soon!

 

[skuttle]

Rebecca: Have a great trip!!

Ash: So sorry you've been sick! Hope you are feeling better soon.

So..I just need to vent! Why won't all of these pregnant people go away??? Why am I surrounded? Today, I had a deposition, and this huge pregnant girl sat right next to me! It's her second. Her first is a year younger than my DS. I was proud of myself, though. I actually managed to ask her when she was due and what she was having.

Then, I get an email from my mom. Her neighbor's daugther (my age) is pregnant. She's really upset because she never wanted children. *sigh* SO unfair!

Seriously...does anyone else still TTC know as many pregnant people IRL as I do??? Ugh! I'm on CD20, FF still isn't showing an O day. Plus, I'm so afraid of how I'll react to another BFN month. I just wish my OB/GYN could see me earlier than August...I'm ready to start figuring this out! I'm tired of waiting. My biggest fear is that one of my girlfriends get pregnant while I'm still trying...I honestly don't know what I would do or how I'd react. I know I'd get over it eventually, but initially, I'm just afraid I'd be really depressed. Ack...what am I doing? ***Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. I will get a BFP soon, I will get a BFP soon. ****

 

[princess pooh]

Skuttle, I feel as if I'm surrounded by pregnant people too. I don't know if I'm just noticing it more but it seems like someone new is announcing their pregnancy every day. A whole group of girls who got married at the same time as me are all pregnant. I'm going to be spending a fortune on baby shower gifts in the next few months!

This cycle is all wonky compared to the last one . I'll just keep temping and drinking grapefruit juice, and hope for the best.

 

[momsully]

Skuttle, it seems everyone is pregnant right now. In the past 9 months Dsis and DSIL have had babies. It was so hard to be happy for them when Dsis got pregnant the first time they tried. I hate complaining as I have two happy, healthy boys but I have always wanted just one more. I had two C-sections and plan to have my tubes tied if we ever have a third.

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

Hello Girls, I just got back from WDW. No news with me.

Skuttle, it does seem like everyone is pregnant. The first email I read when I got back to work, was an announcement that yet another person is pregnant.

I am at the point now that I am just going to let it happen. If it doesn't, then I guess it wasn't meant to be. It is just too much strain on me otherwise.



Here's to getting a bunch of BFP's soon!

 

[skuttle]

I'm sorry you girls are noticing the same thing, but I'm also glad it's not just me! I feel like all I'm ever doing on here is complaining. I hate feeling so down all the time. I try, I really do, not to go there....but yesterday was just a bad day. As the possibility of AF arriving gets closer and closer, I get more and more depressed. I was so positive at the beginning my this cycle, but now I'm getting depressed already and it's only CD21! An awful attitude to have, I know. Part of me wonders if it would be better for me to just let it all go and just let nature take it's course...no more charting, no more keeping track of CD's, no more whining on here about not being pregnant. I don't know what would be better. Maybe I'll just stick it out through August, talk to my Dr and then see where to go from there. I know we aren't interested in anything too severe as far as fertility treatments go since we already have DS.

I'm so tired of being sad every month. Maybe I could fix up the guest bedroom (it's just been storage since we moved last year since we were TTC), get rid of all the baby gear/toys, plan a fancy trip for about 9 months from now....and THEN I'll get pregnant.

 

[CheshireVal]

There must be something in the water... it does seem like a ton of people I know and just see out and about are pregnant (I've also seen a lot of newborns around, too, or maybe I'm just noticing it more than I used to!)

It doesn't really bother me TOO much at this point because we've only been trying for a month, and the idea of getting pregnant is kind of overwhelming and scary, so I don't mind if it doesn't happen immediately.

AF came over the weekend but has been super light. This is my first month off BC pills so I expected it to be a bit heavier, but I guess my cycle will be a little wonky for a while.

 

[2MuchOhana]

Officially TTC. Add me to the list. Will share story later.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

There must be something in the water... it does seem like a ton of people I know and just see out and about are pregnant (I've also seen a lot of newborns around, too, or maybe I'm just noticing it more than I used to!)

It doesn't really bother me TOO much at this point because we've only been trying for a month, and the idea of getting pregnant is kind of overwhelming and scary, so I don't mind if it doesn't happen immediately.

AF came over the weekend but has been super light. This is my first month off BC pills so I expected it to be a bit heavier, but I guess my cycle will be a little wonky for a while.

Everday at work, (I work at Ruby's) I see a pregnant woman or a newborn. More newborns than anything. I didn't notice them really til I got pregnant.

I wasn't in a hurry so much to get pregnant although I am 37 and I was quite nervous about the thought of being someone's mommy. When I tested on April the 1st as positive, I just couldn't believe it.

Like you, I was only off the pill for one month. It took me one cycle to get pregnant, so don't be surprised. I was expecting another couple of months for my body to get regular...instead, in another couple of months, I'm going to get the how far along are you question! Best of luck to you in your adventure and just let it happen.

 

[Gurgi]

Hey girls.

I totally understand how all of you feel about other women getting pregnant. It hurt a lot this weekend when someone would ask me when I was due (the trauma of the surgery and the gas that they used distended my stomach to the point that it looked like I was about to give birth). Even when I went to the ER Sunday night, the people there rushed me into a wheelchair because they didn't want me to give birth right there! It did hurt a lot.

I'm going back to work tomorrow. I don't feel that great. The big incision hurts a lot more today than it did yesterday. I'm hoping it's not infected I have a big bruise on my belly starting at the top of my belly button, working its way down. And my left arm...YIKES. It's really scary looking what with all of the bruises on that.

Sigh...just not feeling 100% yet.

 

[Madaboutthemouse]

Gurgi! I know I was in a lot of pain after my lap - severe endometrial growths that my doc tried to laser off, but it doesn't sound like anything compared to what you've been through!

Finished up my second round of Clomid on Friday which makes today CD13. I've been temping this month too so hopefully I'll see a spike tomorrow or Thursday. Guess we'll just have to wait and see!

for more BFPs!

 

[momsully]

Gurgi - Hope you are feeling better and work went OK.

I am waiting for AF to start so I can go do all my bloodwork. Assuming that is all good I start Clomid on Day 5. DH and I are not willing to do much more than Clomid for a few months so I hope it works!

 

[skuttle]

Gurgi... :hug" I'm so, so sorry. I hope you are feeling better. Don't push yourself too much!

Momsully... Good luck! I think Clomid would be as far as we would take fertility treatments since we already have DS. I've heard so many stories about how moody it makes you, so I'm a bit worried about that part of it! Hopefully, I'll get a BFP before my August appt and won't have to worry about that!

Kelly...Good luck to you too! How has the Clomid affected you?

Nothing much new here. Just waiting around. FF still isn't showing O, but I've had a few small temp spikes, so I don't know what to think! Oh, and I keep learning about more pregnant women. Will it ever end???

allison

 

[Madaboutthemouse]

Thanks Allison! I totally know what you mean about lots of people around you being pg. We'll get our BFP's soon! I haven't really felt any effects from the Clomid. Granted, I've only been on it for two cycles, but some of the OB residents from DH's program who were on it last year had some big issues with it. Of course, I did a 6 month Lupron regimine and didn't have any issues from that either. (not that I'm complaining! ) So I definitely consider myself lucky in that aspect!

 

[Gurgi]

Well, today was a scary day. I was almost admitted into the hospital. And by almost, I mean that I was literally sitting on the hospital bed and decided I wanted a LITTLE more time to think about it.

See...this is gross, sorry...but since the surgery last week, I haven't been able to go to the bathroom. Pee, yes...the other, no. When I went to the ER on Sunday, the doctor who assisted in the surgery was slightly alarmed that I hadn't gone yet but he told me to get some laxatives and that should do the trick. He said to check back in with my regular doc later in the week.

I went back to work this morning and was fine until I got down the stairs and into the car. I was shaking so bad that I had a hard time driving. I couldn't take my pain meds because they make me fall asleep, and I ended up hunched over, shuffling through the parking garage into work.

My boss took one look at me and asked when I was going to see my doctor. I ran through his schedule before I called so I knew that he was on call tonight and then off for the weekend (it's so nice making their schedules!!). I went back to see the same doctor that came to the ER to see me.

He wasn't happy about my progress. I am super impressed with both of these doctors. He was very gentle and nice, listened to my stomach, poked, prodded, and finally said that he was really uncomfortable with the way that I was looking and feeling, and wanted to admit me to the hospital. He and my original doctor (whom he got on the phone right then and there) felt that I may have to deal with ileostomy (I won't go into details, it's gross).

He sent me back to the hospital and I went to admitting. I almost died on the spot when the woman told me it was a $600 deposit, even with my insurance . I told her I didn't have that kind of money on me, and she said that since I worked there, they could just payroll deduct it. I said no. She said before I was discharged I would have to pay it.

The wheelchair ride up made me think the whole way...we're moving in less than 30 days and I can't afford to throw out another $600. I started to feel sick. We made it to my room and I sat on the edge of the bed and waited for the nurse.

It was about a good 15 minutes before I saw her and I felt I couldn't just admit myself right then and "lose" $600 on the spot. I am ashamed to say that I fibbed to my nurse that I couldn't reach my husband, and I needed to get my daughter first She called my doctor to ask if it was okay, and he was very sweet and said to make sure that I was safe.

I think that the fibbing and the shock of unloading $600 upset my stomach to a point that I made an emergency stop at Target. I didn't unload money there, but something else Yeah, it's stupid and gross, but I felt a lot better after that.

I called my doctor back and he was elated and told me to STAY IN BED for the rest of the week and take it easy. So here I am on the computer. LOL. Seriously though, I had to get up for a few minutes because just laying there hurts after awhile.

He said that he left me as an "open admitting" for the weekend since I was one of the worst cases that they had seen in awhile eek: ) and if I got even a slight fever, couldn't go again, or had more pain, go.

BTW...my MIL works for the same hospital, and she's best friends with the hospital's president's secretary. When she heard about the $600 charge, she went ballistic and called her friend. Her friend was ready to march down there with me, as apparently that's a "no no" policy to do that to patients...I found out that the billers get bonuses when they collect money before a discharge. SOMEONE is gonna get a little talkin' to....

But in the end, my doc still says that he's confident I should be able to get pregnant on my own. He said that everything looks "beautiful" inside now and he's gonna keep a close eye on me until I've got that little wiggly bundle in my arms.

The end. Whew.