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

[mickeyboat]

Metformin experience, here. No one told me I would have stomach issues. I lost 13 lbs. in 3 weeks while I was on it before I got PG with Hannah. Maybe your GI doctor would be able to help with naming the consequences of taking that with your colitis. Maybe you could increase your colitis meds to deal with the side effects of the Metformin.

Denae

 

[AllyandJack]

Jen, so if the diarrhea hits 6-12 hrs after.....that's good to know for timing purposes. I plan to follow the South Beach Diet since the people on Fertility Friend say that's a good plan to follow and that Atkins is too fatty. No more french fries for me. This makes me sad. But, I'll do it. I'll do anything!

Denae, I called my gastro today and I have an appointment on Tuesday so I'll avoid my Bentyl until then. Nothing online says not to take it. I'm just afraid that if I stop the diarrhea the metformin causes that something will happen. No idea WHAT that "bad" thing might be, but sometimes I feel that if it needs to come out, it should come out, you know?

Thankfully, she says I will not be on it forever since I'm not at risk for Type II Diabetes, but LH is embryo-toxic and the elevated insulin that I have after I eat could be producing the extra LH and that could be killing my embryos. Hey, it's worth a shot. If someone told me drinking acid would make me pregnant, I'd drink it.

I wonder if it'll make me lose weight. If so, I hope it's in the chest area....and the hips. God gave me birthing hips, but nothing to birth.

 

[connorsmom911]

Hey all, just dropping in...have to share with someone cause this is going to be the longest 8 more hours of my life. I'm at work until 7am, stuck here till then, can't leave. I think I might be pregnant! And now I have to wait to go to the drugstore on the way home before I can POAS! Aaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!

I stopped taking my bcp in anticipation of us really starting to ttc starting in the fall. We had problems getting pregnant with Connor...all the testing determined we had "unexplained infertility" and we actually had started clomid before we got pregnant the first time. So I was fully expecting this time around for it to take a while, maybe a year or so.

But now I'm on day 31 of this cycle, no signs of AF and now my ****s are sore and feeling full. This was my first symptom last time I got pregnant. And eating dinner tonight I got a few twinges of nausea. Of course I'm thinking this is all in my head. I did tell dh on the phone tonight my suspicions...didn't get the reaction I wanted since he is having a bad day to begin with, but he says he'll be happy. I'm trying not to get too excited in case I get a BFN tomorrow morning. The timing will suck too, since my due date would be April 5 and my little sister is getting married April 21. Connor is the ring bearer and I'm supposed to be the MC as well as the co-ordinator. I'll be having a repeat c-section, and I'm a total wimp recovering from surgery.

Oh well, I should be thrilled if it happens this quick. I should not complain one bit, since I know how hard some of the rest of us have struggled. It's just a little sooner than we planned. Hope it won't interfere with our trip to Disney in October though!!

I'll let you all know as soon as I test and tell dh.

Here's hoping...

 

[shmoogrrrl]

I noticed we have a Mom's to be thread, and a New Mommy thread- but I thought I would start one for those of us who are trying to get pregnant!

If I'm not the only one, that is!

That would be me. I have one beautiful Daughter (concieved on clomid) who is four and we have been trying for a little over three years to have another. I had a miscarriage in 2003 right as we started up again, but nothing ever sense. We did Clomid off and on for about a year and we went on to an infertility clinic. I had problems with cysts (I have PCOS) and two months in a row I had cycles cancelled. We've been trying on our own since the beginning of this year and I've been working on losing some weight. We took a small break and I have been having a HARD time getting back into it. All my pregnant friends urging me to go doesn't help either.

I have a new doctor who wants to try clomid again since clomid got us or first daughter and the baby I miscarried. I've lost a bit of weight since I went off clomid last year so he suggested we try it again and see if it works before moving back to the whole infertility clinic/injections thing.

Anyway, just wanted to say hi! I am not sure if I am permitted to post on this thread since I do already have a child and I know some people are sensitive to that.

 

[LisaB]

We welcome to our little group. Lots of us me included have children and are trying again. I had some ovulation tests left over since last time we were doing the tests. So I figured I would try them this is day 10 past AF feeling crampy but test says I haven't ovulated yet. Well since day 3 we having been trying every day just to be on the same side. Hey if I don't get pregnant this month Kevin will be one happy camper. I go in for a beta on day 27 which should be August 15th my Dad's and MIL birthdays.

 

[AllyandJack]

connorsmom.....don't keep us in suspense like this!!!

schmoogrrrl.....welcome. When do you start your Clomid again?

Lisa, you're going to be exhausted by the end of the month. I'm taking full advantage of not being on any Lupron for a while - I don't start that again until 8/28.

I have so many appointments next week! When I spoke with my RE yesterday, she scheduled me for my big auto-immune/clotting disorder/keratotyping blood work up for 7am Monday. The lab opens at 7am and I want to be in and out since they need TONS of blood from me and I don't have much left to give. Then, she thought I sounded "overwhelmed" and "upset" so she told me to come in at 9:30am on Wednesday so I could sit with her and chat. Then, I called my gastro and I'm going to see him Tuesday at 3:30pm. Sheesh!!

I start my Metformin today. I'm at work now, so I figured I'd take it when I left here. I'm staying home tomorrow so if it's going to make me glued to the throne, I'll have 3 to choose from at my house. My RE told me she's going to weigh me regularly now because I'm not overweight and, if the met makes me too sick or makes me lose too much weight, I'll have to do something to counteract THAT.

OK, tell me if I'm the only one who finds this odd. I've done everything....pills, multiple daily injections, various surgeries, painful procedures and tests, etc. That, I do like it's perfectly natural and normal. Yet, the idea that I have change my diet is bugging me. For some reason, THAT annoys the heck out of me and feels like a big inconvenience. Oh, but being home at an exact time to get needles is no big deal. Getting my blood taken every single morning for 2 weeks isn't inconvenient, but changing my diet is?

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

OK, tell me if I'm the only one who finds this odd. I've done everything....pills, multiple daily injections, various surgeries, painful procedures and tests, etc. That, I do like it's perfectly natural and normal. Yet, the idea that I have change my diet is bugging me. For some reason, THAT annoys the heck out of me and feels like a big inconvenience. Oh, but being home at an exact time to get needles is no big deal. Getting my blood taken every single morning for 2 weeks isn't inconvenient, but changing my diet is?

This totally made me think of my DH! He has diabetes and is fine with all the appointments, blood testing, pills, etc., but don't ask him to change is diet! Oh no, THAT would be a major trial and inconvenience. So this stubborn man continues to eat entire packages of cookies in one sitting, stops at McD's for "a snack" on the way home from work, etc. etc. etc. and then gets irked when his doctor tells him that his blood sugar levels are still too high, he's overweight, and they have to change his medicine again.

So you aren't alone...but yes, I do think it's funny!

 

[connorsmom911]

BFN! Sorry for keeping you all in suspense. I had to wait until later so dh could get me a hpt at the grocery store and I was asleep when he got back. I was really disappointed. I still feel so many of the symptoms I had right off the bat with Connor, but the stick says no. I'm on day 31 now with AF, but I guess everything I'm feeling is maybe just gearing up to have a AF from hell now that I'm off bcp.

Oh well, at least it's still fun trying! I'm guessing that novelty is going to wear off pretty quick. Boy am I cynical today!

Anyways, hi to all of the group...welcome to the newbies!!

 

[shmoogrrrl]

connorsmom.....don't keep us in suspense like this!!!

schmoogrrrl.....welcome. When do you start your Clomid again?

Thanks! We have an appointment in September after our Disney trip. I figured I would have one more good "no worries" fling before it was back to the pills.

I don't have much hope though. I got pregnant with Katie on 50mgs of clomid on the first cycle and my second pregnancy (which ended up in a miscarriage) on 100mgs. Since then, I've gone as far as 200 mgs and nothing. I guess my new doctor thinks that my weight loss (which is only about 20-25 pounds) might help. Plus he wants me to try some other things. I suppose we will discuss exactly what when I go in in September!

 

[LisaB]

Good morning all I am so sorry Connorsmom about AF every month when she shows her ugly face is a killer because you are hoping against hope that this is the month

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Hi ladies!

I have a five year old dd from my first marriage, and my hubby (we've been married 8 months now) and I started trying for a baby a few months ago. I've been beyond disappointed everytime I take a pregnancy test, and it comes back negative.

However, I took one this morning, and there is a faint positive line. I freaked out. I'm hoping hoping HOPING that this is finally it....I know on the box/instructions it says that even if its faint, you're pregnant...but we all know how that goes.

Please, good thoughts and pixie dust! My hubby is beside himself with glee right now

 

[Syrreal]

Stepharoonie.. LOTS and LOTS of

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Sooo...I was antsy and took a second one...still the same faint line!!

 

[LisaB]

GOod luck Stepharoonie. We are all rooting for you

Kevin said to me last night no more sex i can't do this every night.

 

[AllyandJack]

Good luck, Stepharoonie....a line is a line.

Lisa, you know you've gone too far when the guy starts saying no.

connorsmom, sorry about the BFN. I've had a few horrible AFs....cramps waking me up in the middle of the night. As if the emotional part of it isn't bad enough.

schmoogrrl, did they talk about putting you on Metformin? Sometimes, if you don't respond to Clomid and the doctor thinks you need to lose weight, the give it to you. I just started taking it because I have elevated LH and the Metformin can help lower LH by lowering insulin. She hesitated to put me on it, but I insisted. I heard that LH can be embryo-toxic and cause miscarriages and I've heard that Metformin can prevent me from hyperstimulating which could be causing my failures. Ah well.....what's one more pill, right?

The Metformin is OK. I'm only on 500mg/day, so my side effects are limited to some nausea. I had 22 tubes of blood drawn today. I'm ready to pass out. I got stuck 5 times by 2 different people. It was awful and terribly traumatic. The first woman who tried to get the blood was so nice. She asked what everything was for because she'd never seen someone getting so many tests. I told her. She said she wasn't able to have any children and said I was lucky I live in an age of this technology. Then, the twit supervisor came over and told me she thinks I need to just go on vacation and relax. Idiot...I'm here because I've had 2 miscarriages and a failed IVF round. But, yeah, I figured this was much better than just relaxing, so I CHOSE this route instead. She really annoyed me and dug so hard with the needle, I can't bend my arms to scratch my nose. But, I'm home now and I ate a South Beach Diet Breakfast Wrap, which was really good, and now I'm going to put the ice packs on my arms and take a nap.

 

[connorsmom911]

Hey gals,

Still no AF here so I'm like WTH? And now I'm eating everything that's not nailed down, mood swings and I've still got sore ****s and all that. I decided on a whim to take the other test last night but still BFN. Just wish AF would get here already and get it over with! Spent most of the afternoon crying cause dh was being a bit of a jerk. He apologized later and said he'll try harder to be nicer.

I called my doctor this morning, asking her to up the dose on the Zoloft. I'm pretty sure 25mg isn't going to cut it. I can't take the moods swings and the eating like crazy. I need stability.

GOod luck Stepharoonie. We are all rooting for you

Kevin said to me last night no more sex i can't do this every night.

That's gotta be a first!! When do they ever turn it down?!?!

Steph...I'm pulling for ya! Pretty sure though...hard to get a false positive!!

LisaB...thanks for the encouragement. That's why I love this board...no one else quite gets it!!

Hoping it will be a better day today. I'm at work on a day trade, so at least I'm preoccupied...

 

[LisaB]

I am sorry I missunderstood your post. I thought you meant she showed up. I had a 34 day cycle two months ago what a bummer but my beta had come back negative. I took a ovulation kit yesterday and it was faint. This better be the moth because I can;t go through it again. Me and my bright ideas.

 

[mickeyboat]

Good morning ladies. It's my last day of freedom before I start my new job tomorrow! I am at home today, the kids are at day camp, and I plan on sitting on the fron porch and finishing my entire book today.

Carla - good luck with the Metformin. How are you feeling? You must really feel like a human pin cushion. I think you should just relax, and everything will fall into place. Give me a break. I don't think people realize how hard it really is to get PG, unless they had trouble themselves.

Stepharoonie - I was actually thinking about you the other day. I haven't seen many posts from you lately, and I am super-glad you are doing so well. Sounds like there is a baby on the way (hey a line is a line is a line!). Will being PG affect your dental hygenist training? That is such a great profession to get in to - especially as a mother. You can name your own hours, salary and can take your job anywhere (at least up here you can)!

connorsmom - don't lose hope. I think Becky had several BFN's before she got her BFP. But I understand just wanting to know one way or another.

Lisa - is your DH insane? I hope he doesn't let any of his friends hear him say that!

shmoogrrl - I was wondering the same thing about Metformin as Carla. I have PCOS, and conceived my first three weeks after starting it. I had only mild insulin resistance, but I guess it can really make havoc with your reproductive system.

There is a novel calling my name. See you ladies, soon!

Denae

 

[2bemarried]

Hi all!!

Sorry that I've been "absent". I just haven't felt up to posting since the cancelled cycle. I finally finished the Lupron last week. It's so nice to not have to poke myself with needles everyday I think AF is making her way to town so I'll be going in for the 3 day FSH test and the sonogram.

Carla good luck with the Metformin. I'm on 1500mg's a day. It definitely bugs my stomach if I eat greasy foods. OMG 22 viles of blood?? UGH..stupid people around the world. That manager girl needs a good smack and she needs to mind her own business

Connorsmom...so sorry about the bfn. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Lisa

Stepharoonie...welcome to the thread....I'm sending you lots of baby dust!

Schmoogirl....welcome to the thread as well! I also have PCOS and am on Metformin to control it. Best of luck in your next Clomid cycle!

Denae what novel are you reading?

Imarriedgrumpy and Syrreal

 

[shmoogrrrl]

Thanks guys!

I guess that I should have mentioned that I am already on Metformin. In addition to PCOS, I am also a diabetic, so I take 2000mgs of Metformin a day for both things. Kind of handy, really. I am also on insulin since they switched me to insulin after I got pregnant the second time. When I miscarried, they just left me on the insulin (I have excellent blood sugar management and a low dose of insulin) since we planned to try again.

I am so dreading injections if it comes to that. I am already giving myself one shot a day, more isn't sounding like too much fun!