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I got my crosshairs on FF this am, so I'm officially 3 DPO today. :thumbsup2 I really hope our timing worked out OK this month - it seems like my O date was fluctuating between 2 different days & the one FF is going with now definitely gives us a better chance. ;)

We went out last night & looked at a model home in a new neighborhood about 10 minutes from where we live now. It seems like a perfect neighborhood to raise a family, so I'm hopeful that we'll continue finding out more about it over the next couple weeks. Right now, my first goal needs to be getting our house on the market by the end of the month.

We're going to the Ball on Saturday night, so it looks like I'll be refraining from drinking that night since we're in the 2WW. I hope me being the DD will be enough of an excuse & nobody will question it. Several of the couples we'll be spending the evening with know about our loss, so I'm hoping we don't get any "are you pregnant again?!" questions if I'm not drinking. ;)

Michelle - I hope you get great news at the follie check this morning - keep us posted!! :goodvibes

DisneyDreamer - Thanks! :goodvibes I agree, sometimes the first 5 pounds are hard to lose since it's so hard to get out of bad eating habits. It hasn't been too bad for me so far, I usually lose a couple pounds after coming home from WDW just because I'm not eating so many huge meals & so much junk. I'm really trying to just watch what I eat & not eat too little right now while TTC.

Skuttle - thanks! I'm going to need it! LOL There's just something about Valentine's Day that is making me want to test, too! I'll only be 9DPO, but since hubby proposed on VDay eve 7 years ago, it would just be awesome if we got a BFP then. :thumbsup2 I also have a test left over that I'll use for that morning & won't be upset if it comes back negative since it will be so early. I did get a faint BFP at 10DPO in October, though. ;)

Steph - sounds like it'll be a good thing to have everything checked out. Good luck with the procedure this weekend - hopefully, it'll help you get that BFP sooner!! :goodvibes
 
Hi y'all! It really has been a while for me to post. I do read nearly every day, I just don't have much time to make long posts. My brithday was great (thanks for the wishes) and the dance was pretty good. Our DJ totally sucked.
I think that AF is due today. I am on CD28 and if she doesn't show by tonight, I'll wonder what is up. Mostly because after teh D&C the first cycle took almost 31 days and the second was closer to 25. It could be my body is leveling out after all that. If it weren't so close after teh D&C I would have tested this morning since I am always just about 27 days long. Okay that and I have no sore bbs to make me wonder too. I haven't had any pain in my bbs since the day after D&C though (and I usually get them for PMS). I hate trying to figure otu my body. I really liked it when I knew exactly how to read it (one week away I could tell you exacty when I would get AF... now I have no idea)

Sorry to all those who got a nasty visit from AF. She can be such the witch!!!!

Good luck to everyone in the 2ww! It can be a painful thing!

Michelle, yuck on the shots... you are far more brave than I am. I hate being stuck with anything :eek:

Congrats on the BFP Hippie! Sending lots of healthy baby dust your way!!

I realize I am leaving lots out, but just lacking in time. Oh but I am happy to say I am releived for my friend who miscarried right before me. She has finally made it to her 2nd trimester and has a strong and steady heartbeat! I really hope this means she will have her baby in the end :)
 
Hi everyone:) I have a question about books please. I've read some of the thread and ya'll are so courageous and informative and I need to get that way and soon. Anyways, I bought the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler and I was wondering if anyone had read it. Also, can anyone reccommend some other books.

I have to go off my bc pill, actually I was supposed to be off of it about 2 months ago but I'm still a chicken:rolleyes1 and I'm embarassed to say that I don't know anything about counting my days and cycles, which this book helps with some. I feel like I need the 5th grade girls understanding your body book;) So can anyone recommend some reading material please? Thank you for any advice, it'll be very appreciated.
 

Ugh...bad day today. So I had another volunteer committee meeting today at lunch. This is the same meeting where last month one of the members announced her pregnancy. Well, today I walk in and they're all ooo'ing and ahh'ing over ultrasound pictures. :guilty: Any what was my first thought..."witch". How awful am I??? I feel so bad that I thought that! I don't know the girl well, I have no idea if she's been struggling with TTC, fertility problems, etc. And that was my first thought. I just feel awful. It was in my head before I even knew it was there!

Hippie...Congrats. :)

Elaine..Good luck!! It is a pain to figure all of this stuff out!

Emily...Good luck with the house selling/buying. :) I'm pretty sure I'll be testing on V-day if AF doesn't show up. HOpefully one of us will have good news this month!

Steph...Sounds like you're ready for a busy weekend!!

Tina...I've always heard that that's a good book. www.fertilityfriend.com is also very informative. I never realized how little I knew about my own body until we didn't get pregnant right away. Once I started researching this whole TTC world, I realized how uninformed I was. So don't feel bad about that! Good luck!!
 
Tina, don't be chicken... and remember it can take 6 months for the body to regulate after being on BCP :) Taking Charge of Your Fertility is about the best book I have seen out there. Been very helpful to all my friends.

Skuttle, I can totally understand how you feel. I have a friend of mine who told me she was pregnant the day I had my D&C. She is still one that I can't bring myself to be happy for. Of course she also said how she didn't plan this and didn't even thnk she wanted to be pregnant again. You want to be happy, but sometimes it is soooo hard. Otherwise anyone else who has been pregnant hasn't bothered me since... but before the miscarriage I almost always felt as you did (unless I did know they had a troublesome time)

AF still hasn't showed up. She's never late but I don't feel pg. I keep telling myself I should wait one more day before testing just in case.
 
Now at 4DPO & no major symptoms yet (although, I think it's still early for that ;) ) - I did, however, have to get up before my alarm went off to pee!! LOL :rotfl2: I NEVER get up in the middle of the night for this, so this was unusual for me.

Looking forward to the Ball tomorrow night - I'll try to post a picture on Monday! :)

Tina - Welcome! I have that book & have learned a lot from it - it's definitely a good one to start with. I also definitely recomend checking out Fertility Friend - it is pretty helpful in learning all about your cycles. Don't feel bad - I was very clueless until I went off my BCP at the beginning of October. It's funny all the things I notice going on in my body now that I know so much more about my cycle. Good luck! :)

Skuttle - don't be too hard on yourself. :grouphug: I can understand how you were feeling & it's normal. I'm sure everyone here has gone thru something similar. I have good days & bad, but sometimes it is hard to be so happy for my coworker that is due in March. I see a lot of her since it's such a small office & can't help thinking sometimes that I should already be 4 months along if we hadn't lost our baby in December. TTC can be a difficult thing to go through. I agree - hopefully somebody here gets a BFP soon - we're do for another one! :goodvibes

Elaine - I hope you figure out why AF is so late soon! Waiting for these things to happen are always SO hard! :)
 
Hi Ladies -- hope you are all doing well.

I have been following the thread routinely - just haven't posted in awhile! Sounds like everyone is still plugging along! I am thinking about all of you.

Wanted to drop in and post a quick update --- for those of you who I don't "know" - I am going through IVF soon using donor eggs becuase I was diagnosed in June with Premature Ovarian Failure...things are going great now and everything is progressly right on track!!

Our donor is taking her shots (just like Michelle/exwdwcm!) and at her ultrasound yesterday she had 11 measurable follicles (where the eggs are locatd) and several smaller ones -- the follicles generally grow 2mm a day and usually over 14mm contains an egg so our donor is on track for having about 15+ follicles by retrieval date -- which is great news!!! Especially because we keep all the eggs retreived.

Looks like retreival is going to be Monday the 12th or Tuesday the 13th and then my transfer will be 3 days later (so either Thursday or Friday!!!) I go in tomorrow for more blood work and ultrasounds to check my lining.

The success rates for this type of IVF are fairly high -- about a 70% chance of getting pregnant per embroyo implanted and we are having 2 implanted next week (odds of twins are 40% - which seems so high!!)

Anyway - I am just getting super excited, optimistic and hopeful -- as of next Friday I will be officially part of the 2WW with you guys...the first time in 2 years that has ever happened for me!! Yeah!

Thinking of you guys.

I will touch base again next week.

~Nicole
 
Holy smokes, Nicole! I am so excited for you, and can't wait to hear about your progress next week. Wishing you lots of luck!

Stepharoonie - I hope your HSG went well today, and that you are feeling up to the challenge this weekend!

Elaine and Skuttle - I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Denae
 
Nicole, that's so exciting!! Good luck!

For everyone in the 2ww - :wizard: for you all. It really is the longest 2 weeks ever.

Jen
 
Well, I will say that the HSG was one of the most EMBARRASSING tests that I have ever taken. Ugh, it was not fun and it really, really hurt.

The tech warned me 3 or 4 times to make sure that I use birth control this month if I do NOT want to get pregnant (hehehe) because this will help a little. They didn't know why I was there, and I kept my mouth shut 'cause it was a little under the radar...:rolleyes1

Anywho, my cervex is fine, but my tubes may have problems. One was a little blocked and the test cleared it up, but the other one wouldn't let the liquid go through it all of the way...and it looks like there is a spot in the tube that could be a fibroid. Yikes. He's sending my doc the info on Monday, so my doc will call me then. The X Ray guy said that it would probably make getting pregnant a little difficult.

However...I'm not down. I'm armed with my arsenal of preseed, my cocktail of fertile drugs, and the woman kept telling me this is a "great time" to get pregnant if I wanted to...so, we shall see ;)
 
Well...we have a busy weekend, but I wanted to drop in and say that it appears AF arrived today. :( :( I broke down. Wasn't expecting it today at all. The past few cycles it's been around CD32/33 and today is CD28. Guess that explains why I O'd earlier than expected (CD16 instead of CD20). Looks like we BD the day of O and the day after...guess that wasn't enough. I'm so bummed. It's been 7 mths since I've been off of BCP. I'll admit, we probably haven't been "trying" as much as we should be around O time. We always start off strong, and then it slacks off a bit, which is always around O. :rolleyes: Suppose we need to make more of an effort the entire time since it appears I'm no very regular. *sigh* I guess I'll have see the pregnant girl at the mtg at least one more time and have hateful things pop up in my mind. ;) Ugh...

Elaine..TEST!! You're killing me!

Emily, still wishing you luck!! Hopefully one of you girls will get the BFP this months since it's not me!

Nicole: How exciting!! Keep us updated. :) :)

Steph: Good luck to you!! Sorry that the test was awful, but sounds like it'll be worth it.
 
Skuttle - :grouphug: I'm so sorry to hear AF showed up & early to top it off. :sad1: I'm sorry you're having a bad day - it's certainly not a good way to start off the weekend. I hope your weekend gets better soon! :goodvibes I just know you're going to get that BFP soon.

Steph - I'm sorry to hear that the procedure was so uncomfortable, but it sounds like something good may come of it! :goodvibes I hope this turns into your lucky month! ;)

Nicole - Good luck this week!! :goodvibes KUP!

Well, I'm 5DPO today & my temp went up again slightly. When I compare it to my other charts (only 2 others to look at - including my BFP in October) my temp is actually hovering at a higher temp than normal. Not sure if that's a good sign, or my wishful thinking! :rotfl: I am experiencing some minor symptoms, but not sure that they mean anything - I've had to get up 2 days in a row to pee before I needed to get up, last night I couldn't stay awake through a movie on the couch & then I had very vivid dreams overnight. My bbs haven't been that tender/sore lately, but I've been feeling pains or twinges in them off & on. I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic, but don't want to be too disappointed if it doesn't happen this month.

We're headed to the Ball tonight after hubby gets home from work. It should be a nice night. :) I hope everyone's having a great weekend!
 
Will this awful infertility rollercoaster ever end!

I had my ultrasound today for lining check in preparation for the transfer next Friday. The lining should be around 8 but at least 6mm as of today which is billed as the best possible lining day --- mine was 4.2mm

The entire transfer is in jeopardy now --- we are waiting for the doctor to call back to see if we can do more aggressive estrogen (I was taking pills) like suppositories or shots instead -- bottom line is that if they can't get it up to 7 or so by Tuesday morning -- the thing is called off.

The donor's eggs will still be retreived and they will fertilize them and then freeze them ---- the extra wait is killing me as is the fact that the success rates are much higher when they transfer a fresh embroyo vs a frozen one.

I have been crying all morning

I am just beside myself.

I cannot believe there is ANOTHER complication!!

I just wish the doctor would call me back so I would know if there is some hope or no chance at all for Friday.

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Thinking about you guys!

Skuttle - sorry to see AF showed!

Arizonacolby -- that sounds promising - fingers crossed for you!

LisalovesPooh, JeninNH and Denae-- great to hear from you guys - thanks for your words of encourgement.

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I need all the prayers and pixie dust you guys can muster between now and Tuesday -- let's hope the linining thickens.

~Nicole
 
Hi y'all... very quick post here... AF is on her way so no need... I think it was just balancing out after showing up so early last month. Truthfully with lack of symptoms I wouldn't have wanted to be pregnant because I would have been so scared.

Skuttle sorry AF showed for you as well.

Emily, my fingers are crossed for you

Nicole :hug: so sorry about the complications :(

I have had a really bad day... we wound up having to put my beloved cat of nearly 14 years to sleep. It was so hard... I've had her through all the rough spots in my life :(
 
Oh Elaine - I am so sorry -- that is just heartbreaking about your cat -- you are in my thoughts -- I am so sorry for your loss.

Hugs
Nicole
 
Elaine-I'm so sorry about your cat. :sad2: :hug:

Nicole-I'm thinking good thoughts for you :wizard:

Skuttle-I'm sorry the witch showed up :hug: Hopefully next cycle will be your lucky one :wizard:

Emily-I hope you and your DH have a wonderful time tonight!!! I'm sending some :wizard: your way!!!

Well I think I am about 7dpo. I have been kinda gaggy (i don't know if that is a word or not) and I've been having some pain in my bbs...it is probably PMS...not holding out to much hope but we will see.

Have a great weekend!!! :cheer2:
 
Well I just got a call from my SIL...She is on her way to the hospital to deliver my little niece or nephew. I'm happy for her and her SO but I'm also a little sad because we had just started TTC when I got a phone call from her saying she was pregnant...an oops. But I hope all goes well with her delivery and I look forward to being able to visit them soon.
 
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