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

[LisaB]

Congrats on the bfp for everyone. Hope that Santa was good to everyone.

 

[DMickey28]

SDFgirl and Pooprincess - Congrats!!!

Emily, I am very sorry...

Steph - It only takes one time... Great on DH wanting to go full steam ahead. Time to hit the after Christmas sales and get some new sleepwear???

 

[mickeyboat]

Thanks Denae, that's reassuring. Yes, they want me to come back in 10 days for another ultrasound. I'm hoping and praying to see something!

At your first u/s, did they see the embryo? They couldn't see mine but they said at 4.5 weeks it would be too early.

No embryo - only the yolk sack. I was starting to think I had conceived a chicken. Hannah (on the left in my siggie) is my little chickie.

Denae

 

[helenabear]

At your first u/s, did they see the embryo? They couldn't see mine but they said at 4.5 weeks it would be too early.

First of all, congratulations!!! And I will say that spotting can be totally normal. In my case it was a subchorionic bleed. Three weeks later it stopped. Keep in mind that had NOTHING to do with why the baby was reabsorbed in my case. Two totally different things, so don't let my case worry you. Are they also taking blood to keep track of your levels? In the beginning that can mean a lot more than seeing an embryo. Truthfully my place won't even bother with an u/s until about week 6 or 7. In my case they warned me that even at week 6 you don't see much... but at 6w 5d we did see the heart beat. 4.5 weeks is way too early to see much of anything. You should be seeing something by the time you go in 10 days from now. I'll keep you in my thoughts!

Poohprincess! A big congrats to you!

Rebecca, sorry about the spotting. I can relate to how annoying that is! I spotted 3 weeks after my subchorionic bleed and then for 3 more weeks after the D&C. It's so nice now to be back to normal!!!!

Best wishes to everyone else. My DH and I are officially back at it again, but going to have fun and enjoy life!

 

[skuttle]

SDFGirl...I wish you the very best! I hope everything is fine at your next visit. :hugs:

Congrats, Poohprincess.

My O day is approaching, so time to get this BDing in full gear! LOL! It's hard, though, trying to take all of my Christmas stuff down, get ready for our trip (leave on Sunday!!), and then BD! Whew...I'm tired just thinking about it!

 

[kjs1976]

I'm a lurker too...now I have a question!

DH and I were going to start TTC last summer until he was injured and then out of work for three months...a little too much on my plate to start a whole new world of unknowns! We plan to start TTC again in late Spring, early summer. I wanted opinions on fertility monitors or ovulation predictors. Two of my friends went off BC and just started trying and were pregnant on the first try, one with all three of her kiddos!!! The only person I know who used a FM is a male co-worker's wife...even though I know him pretty well, it would be weird to discuss that sort of thing with him. So if anyone wouldn't mind PM-ing me with some advice about FMs or OPs, that would be great! I'll have been off BC for 7-8 months by the time we are TTC. Thank you!!!!!!

 

[Tauwillow]

I wanted opinions on fertility monitors or ovulation predictors.

I used the Clearblue Easy digital monitors for years with success, but purchasing the sticks can get expensive. I'm trying out the OvaCue monitor now (zetek.net/ovacue_fertility_monitor.htm) which tests the saliva from your tongue, so nothing extra to buy month to month. This cycle, I had follicle ultrasounds in conjunction with using my monitor and both results matched up well - so I'm comfortable with the monitor's accuracy.



I tested today and got a BFN. This cycle makes a year of trying.

 

[mickeyboat]

I never used a monitor, just temping and charting. Lots of people on this thread have used monitors, though, and I am sure someone will pipe up and give you some pros and cons.

Good Luck!

Denae

 

[DisneyDreamer8]

I just had to tell someone:

I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!

Ok so it's not till May but at least I'm going

And AF finally decided she would show up in full force so let the countdown begin.

As for questions about FM...I'm not sure because this will be my first cycle using one. The one I'm using is ClearPlan. It seems easy enough as it not only measures your LH but the surge in estrogen before the LH surge. I say it can't hurt and I didn't have to buy it so why not

Baby Dust

 

[exwdwcm]

happy holidays all! and wow, 2 BFPs, that is great! please rub your baby dust off on me!

well just finished up my 9th, yes 9th month on fertility meds. and did my
4th IUI/artificial insem on saturday, 12/23. i have this down to an ART now (those of you doing IUI's/IVF might get the ART-assisted reproductive technologies pun). hey, i have to make jokes about it after nearly a year on meds and still no BFN.

so this cycle went well- even did the follistim injections myself and even gave the trigger shot of ovidrel to myself. i usually have DH do it, but i got over being a baby and just did it. i had to do 8 nights worth of shots this time......and had 4-5 mature follicles at time of IUI, so hopefully one or two of them fertilize and implant. i would love twins. it's a 20% chance of twins with these meds i am on. 3-5% chance of triplets. of course only 20%of both twins actually make it to birth. i know, depressing.

Very crampy since the IUI, but the shots do that to me. i'll cramp all throughout the 2WW. also extremely sore ****s near the armpit, again, more side effects from the shots. i hate that the side effects of the meds are the same as pregnancy, it is very deceiving, but i've learned not to get my hopes up. i have just sailed along this cycle, tryiing not to stress. i know we will go to IVF in a month or 2 if this cycle didn't work. i am now 7 days past IUI/ovulation, so i can test around January 5th. i think i won't even test this time. i am so sick and tired of seeing a BFN for almost 2 years now. i think i will just wait to see if AF shows and then test if she is late.

as for monitors- i have never used them. on meds, you are all over the boards sometimes, plus i was irregular to begin with and had endo. the monitors just wouldn't have helped me much. plus, seeing the RE, i go in for at least 3 ******l u/s a week during the 'prime week' for a cycle, so they monitor my follie growth much better than a monitor could. plus i take the trigger shot to actually induce ovulation 24-36 hours later, so meds are my key to timing.

well wish me luck. i'll be devastated yet again if it isn't a miracle this time. with unexplained infertility, it is just a long and hard fought journey every single day. but for the miracle i want, i'll do what it takes, so one day at a time, one cycle at a time and hoping for a miracle. i really don't want to dish out $12k for IVF, so i really hope this works!!!

Elaine- how are you doing?

 

[exwdwcm]

oh and Rebecca- i am going to WDW too----well kinda.....how long will you get to be there? Just you and DH?

hopefully i'll get a day trip to the MK on January 13th. i leave to head to Orlando on jan 10th-15th. i am there for work- for a 4 day hunting/outdoor tradeshow at the convention center near I-drive. we sell night vision/thermal cameras/ scopes (to the military mostly). since i'm in charge, i've scheduled myself off on saturday so i can take my friend over to the MK. we also get the after 2pm discounted tickets.....

and i am staying at the AK Lodge for the first time- at a reduced show rate. $175!! so i am very excited- plan to try the filet/mac and cheese at the AK restaurant- i think it is Boma or something? also going to try and do dinner at Ohana again (see pic in my sig). and of course eat at Earle a few times!

i'll know if i am prego just before this trip......so maybe i'll get to buy some cute baby disney outfits....i can only hope and pray.

 

[mickeyboat]

Michelle - I remember the ******l u/s's oh so well. I did Clomid with u/s monitoring and the trigger shot for several months, and it didn't work for us. I was so hopeful each time because I could see the little eggs, and just knew that one would work. Almost every time I had a chemical pregnancy, which sucked because I got my hopes up even higher.

My RE said next cycle I would need to start injectibles, and I freaked out at the cost, and decided to take a break. I also begged him to test me for PCOS. Guess what? Unexplained infertility (I hate that term) was really PCOS, and I got a BFP three weeks after starting Metformin.

Keeping fingers crossed that you will get happy news, soon.

Denae

 

[DisneyDreamer8]

oh and Rebecca- i am going to WDW too----well kinda.....how long will you get to be there? Just you and DH?

hopefully i'll get a day trip to the MK on January 13th. i leave to head to Orlando on jan 10th-15th. i am there for work- for a 4 day hunting/outdoor tradeshow at the convention center near I-drive. we sell night vision/thermal cameras/ scopes (to the military mostly). since i'm in charge, i've scheduled myself off on saturday so i can take my friend over to the MK. we also get the after 2pm discounted tickets.....

and i am staying at the AK Lodge for the first time- at a reduced show rate. $175!! so i am very excited- plan to try the filet/mac and cheese at the AK restaurant- i think it is Boma or something? also going to try and do dinner at Ohana again (see pic in my sig). and of course eat at Earle a few times!

i'll know if i am prego just before this trip......so maybe i'll get to buy some cute baby disney outfits....i can only hope and pray.

Hey Michelle,

I really hope you get to buy Disney Baby stuff I'm cheering for you.

We are not going until May 2nd-9th. We always stay at POR. I wanted to do a longer trip this time but my DH just HAD to go to Hawaii so that was our extra vacation money and time. We are taking my DM with us again this time. She went with us last year but we were so busy showing my DSis and her family around that we really didn't get a chance to relax so this trip in non-commando style so I think Mom will enjoy it better. DH and I invite my Mom because she loves to travel but my Dad won't take her anywhere but camping. Which she also loves to do but it is more work for her than relaxation because she has to cook and clean, pack and unpack everything. So now we take her with us so she can be pampered.

I'm hoping to be pregnant to when we go so I too can buy cute little disney baby stuff!!!!

Baby Dust to both of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[helenabear]

Quick check in here... just been busy lately. My fingers are crossed for all you who are hitting or close to the right "window" right now. I admit I don't even really know when that will be for me. I think it is soon, but seriously I am not keeping track of it anymore.

I cannot help with the fertility monitors either. I never did that and didn't have any luck with the temping due to my blood pressure dropping my temp erratically over night as I sleep. Wish I could help with some of that, but I just decided they were very costly to get (monitors) and figured if I needed to be checked, I'd leave it to blood tests with my doc.

Woo hoo for those going to WDW! I have no idea when my next trip will be. Who knows, but with DVC, we know it will be soon

Michelle, thanks for asking, but I am doing great actually. I do get sad and pangs of hurt now and then thinking about everything, but otherwise very optimistic. What will be will be. My whole mentality has changed since the D&C.

Oh and my friend who had horrid toxemia gave birth a few days ago. She had to be induced a month early But baby and mom are doing well. Really gave me inpiration to keep myself as healthy as possible as we try for the baby again.

 

[skuttle]

Oh, Michelle. :hugs: to you! I hope you get that BFP very soon!!

Elaine, glad to hear your friend and baby are doing well. My DS arrived 4 weeks early and didn't spend a second in NICU, we were very lucky. I had PIH while pregnant and was put on bedrest around 33 weeks. After our WDW trip (I know I"ll splurge there!!) I also plan on trying get healthier to try to prevent that again.

My cousin gave birth to her twin girls right before Christmas. So I have two baby girls to buy for at WDW! My other cousin will be having her first boy in a few weeks, so I'll be buying for him, too. I know it'll be fun, but at the same time I'm sure I'll feel some sadness that I'm not buying for my own little baby. But, with O day approaching, maybe I'll come home with the best souvineer of them all!

 

[mousehouselover]

Hi All~

It's been a few days since I checked in but I've read all the posts.

Emily~ {{{{HUGS}}}}

Michelle~ Good luck this go round. IF sucks big time.

Congrats to the BFPs this month.

Skuttle~ I'm rooting for a souviner for you!

As for me, I'm giving up on this cycle. I've been spotting on and off since Christmas eve. I haven't O'd yet and don't think I'm going to this month. I'm really starting to think that I should just give up and be happy with what I have. My family told me that years ago and I kept on hoping that maybe, just maybe God would give us a little miracle, but after almost 8 yrs, I'm getting the hint that He has other plans for us. Dh and I have talked about trying injectables since my Dr doesn't think clomid will work for me. I'm just not sure, it's a big time and financial commitment. I suppose I should push for more testing to see what might be going on, I haven't had my thyroid checked in a few years and I have been suspicious of PCOS for a whille.

Ladies, I wish all of you peace, joy and happiness in the new year!

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

Good Luck Michelle!! Jiko at AKL has the mac and cheese. Boma has mac and cheese too, but it's not the same. Have a great time and I hope you can buy some baby clothes.


I should have O'd this week (I don't temp, so I don't know the exact day). I am hoping for a little one. I think that if I don't get a BFP this month, then I'll start temping. Our friends are up here this weekend and they brought their baby. Just seeing him makes me want one so much more. They are the only people IRL that know we are trying, but they don't know what it's like to "try" (their baby was a suprise).

Good luck to everyone and have a great New Year!!

 

[skuttle]

Thanks, Noni!! I'm so sorry that you're having a hard time right now. Only you can decide what's best for you. :hugs: I haven't been trying as long as you have, but I'm not sure how far I'd go with treatment since I've already been lucky enough to have DS. Tough decision for sure. I'm an only child and I really don't want DS to be one, but I'm not sure what I'd do.

Amber: I've been TTC since the summer. This is my 2nd cycle of *really* temping and I find it helps a lot. Emotionally it does...I feel like I'm doing something. Last month we missed my O day according to my chart, so I didn't feel nearly as sad when AF arrived. I've already seen a pattern and realized I O late, around CD20, so that helps. Good luck!

Well, laides, we leave bright and early tomorrow morning for WDW. I hope to come back and see some BFP's on here! I also am hoping for a special souvineer of my own.

May the new year bring us all BFP's and sticky babies!

 

[helenabear]

Noni I am not sure what I would do if I were in your shoes either. For me a year feels like a long time... and we've passed that point here. You just have to do what is right for you!

Skuttle, I hope you have a fabulous time!!!!! Can't wait to hear about it all when you get back.

 

[exwdwcm]

Noni- so sorry- definitely explore further testing if you want. i actually had my regular gyn do a thyroid panel on me last month- i need to call for results, she thought my throat looked funny and asked for one. she reviewed and saw my levels had been weird a few times in past years.....so who knows. they don't think i have PCOS though. if you want it, go for it. i haven't given up yet. it's been hard, but i can't imagine my life without a child. just know you have support. the injectables are not bad. i got 2 cartridges free- which saved me over a $1000 since my nurse had 'samples'. i did have to buy another cartridge since i did 7 days worth of shots this cycle- it cost $200. i think you can expect to spend about $500-$800 on injectables (just the drug) per cycle. it is expensive and my ins doesn't cover either. but it will be worth it if we get our miracle.

well week 1 of the 2WW is complete. still cramping some and had some creamy cm. who knows. i don't hold out hope anymore, afraid of being dashed again. if it happens, it happens. if not, we move on to IUI #5 or to IVF. no drinking for me tonight on NYE. just in case.


Rebecca- i love POR- i've stayed there twice and adore it. May is a great time to go too. you'll have a blast!

Disneygirl- Jiko, you are right- yum, can't wait to try it and have my company pay for it! lol

Elaine- i'm with you- my mentality has changed, even though i haven't experienced anything like you.....just after 9 months on meds and constant letdowns, i am just not going to sweat it anymore. i am sure when it comes to IVF, that will change, as that is a much bigger deal than the 4 IUIs i've done, but for now, i am just like 'hey, whatever'.

well AF should arrive next weekend....or NOT! i am hoping not. i am not going to test until next sunday probably, which is after AF should come. i just can't bear it.