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

[skuttle]

So it just keeps getting better....just found out that the couple we bought our house from last May is expecting there 4th child any day now!! I'm starting to think that maybe this is a sign, that I'm just not meant to have another baby.

 

[GypsySue]

Allison--it's not a sign that you won't have another baby--it's a sign that you will!!! With all that baby magic surrounding you, it's just a matter of time!

 

[Tiggerlover91]

So it just keeps getting better....just found out that the couple we bought our house from last May is expecting there 4th child any day now!! I'm starting to think that maybe this is a sign, that I'm just not meant to have another baby.

HANG TOUGH ALLISON!

Just sit back and let it be. I know that's easier said than done, but you're going to be one of those ladies very soon. Both of us will! Watch! Remember...to much worrying messes up your hormones. Relax. With all these pregnant women around, the dust HAS to hit you eventually!

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

So it just keeps getting better....just found out that the couple we bought our house from last May is expecting there 4th child any day now!! I'm starting to think that maybe this is a sign, that I'm just not meant to have another baby.

Allison, I agree with the others - this is just a sign of lots of baby dust floating around you these days! Now you've just got to get it aimed back at you!! Hang in there...

 

[mickeyboat]

Allison.

Denae

 

[helenabear]

So it just keeps getting better....just found out that the couple we bought our house from last May is expecting there 4th child any day now!! I'm starting to think that maybe this is a sign, that I'm just not meant to have another baby.

Allison
I know this is so hard, but try not to even think about it. That's about all I can do at the moment here actually. At this point in my life though, I admit I am happy when I see someone get pregnant. I went through enough myself that I have no idea what others had to do. Honestly the more you stress about it, the less likely it will be to happen. So try to let go, and try to relax about it. I know easier said than done. I will give another thought into relaxing, because it isn't always the cause
Have you been charting and the like? If so, and you have been at it for about 6 months, I would put a call in to your doctor. Just get checked out to make sure nothing is wrong. That is always my thoughts now, get checked and try not to worry. If something is wrong they can hopefully fix it. If nothing is wrong, relax and enjoy the ride.

I am a huge believer in God. I got pregnant just when I thought I was a failure at it. I realize I am no longer a failure, but that it just isn't "my time". I realize I am not meant to be a baby making machine. Hopefully one would be nice though.

My husband and I have chatted more, but I don't think he is ready yet to take the step with adoption.

Right now I am trying my best to listen... and find out what is right for us. So I can understand the pain. I certainly can understand the frustration as well. Hang in there

 

[arizonacolbys]

Good Morning Girls ~ Well, it's on to hoping for a Christmas baby now for me. My last cycle ended early for me on Friday with just a 9 day luteal phase. AF wasn't due until today, but she showed up Friday evening around dinnertime in full force. I put in a call to my doctor's office today to discuss my short LP & they did agree to see me, but not until 4/17!!! So, that would be another wasted cycle. After much frustration with this doctor's office, I decided to be proactive & I called a different doctor's office. They were actually very nice to me & I got an appt for 4/5, which should be 3 or 4 DPO this cycle. I'm hopeful for this cycle - I'm due to O on my birthday 4/1 & with my new doctor's appt shortly after that, hopefully this month will be it!

Allison - I'm so sorry to hear about all these preggo women around you. I really don't think that means that you're not meant to be pregnant - I think it means the opposite - you're meant to be pregnant soon right there beside them all. I'm glad to hear that Milo is OK, too. I hope you feel better soon about TTC - I know I've had a rough weekend with it myself wondering what is wrong with me & my short cycle.

Elaine - Hi! Happy to see you're not stressing about things right now - sometimes I think that is the biggest help.

Nicole - happy to see you checking in with us still. I definitely enjoyed a couple beers for St. Patty's Day this year since AF showed up early. I was hoping to celebrate a BFP that day, so I definitely tried to drown my sorrows & get those nasty cramps to subside. How are you feeling these days?

Jennifer - happy to hear that your test results came back OK. I'm sure the re-testing in 6-12 is just their standard lingo.

 

[exwdwcm]

Rebecca, sorry about AF, but yeah for doing clomid again. i know the side effects suck, but i hope you get good results!

Villain- welcome- i am sure you will find Nicole a great resource, since she used donor eggs too! good luck with your IVF- it can work! do you have to do any other shots other than the lupron? it isn't too bad.

loveinwdw- congrats on the u/s. did they tell you what numbers were off? your HCG/beta should double every 48-72 hours to be in normal limits. i see in a later post that your numbers went up 66% and your doc is right, that is normal- they like it to be at least 60%, so you are well within the limit and should be fine! are you having another beta or u/s soon? i only had 2, but i doubled in 36 hours (which makes me think twins!), and i am anxiously awaiting my first u/s! so glad you saw your little bean in there, that is awesome!

Lisa- so sorry about AF.

Allison- so sorry you are surrounded by pregnant women. it is so hard sometimes. just know your time will come and just continue to give your 'act' for now. i know it is hard not to be jealous. but i always did my best to just smile and say congrats and try and leave it at that. people that don't struggle with TTC just don't get it.

Emily- glad you got in an appt. i hope they can help wtih the luteal phase defect and help out! good luck!

Ash- good luck with the endocrinologist. my mom sees one due to a tumor she had on her pitutary- it was not cancerous, but still wreaked havoc on her hormones. i hope they can find what is wrong and give you some relief soon.

Elaine- hi!!! Denise too! just didn't want to forget anyone!

 

[exwdwcm]

btw- here is my update- still have some m/s. got some emetrol which helps. i need to be better at eating more often. i was miserable yesterday. and i feel like a truck hit me today! lol.....i guess i better get used to it huh? Dh has been great though, knowing i feel bad and putting up with my complaining. he got me ice cream last night. no, i didn't put pickles on it, although i am eating a ton of pickles! lol....my u/s is thursday, at 7 weeks. so we will see if there is one healthy bean or two. i just pray for one. i am deathly afraid of something going wrong. i hope this morning sickness is a good sign for us. i leave for vegas next week for 5 nights. i haev a show at the venetian to do, but will definitely take it easy. DH is coming out for 4 nights and so is a couple we are friends with to crash with us and stay the weekend after the show. i can't wait! gingerale only for me though! lol then i am home a week working, then back on the road to Orlando for a show. I am staying at the Marriott World Center, and will definitely be hitting up DTD for some shopping and earle of sandwich. i might try and talk my friend into eating at Ohana's with me for dinner one night. i've been to orlando twice already in the last few months (one vacation in aug with Dh and then work trip at AKL in jan), so i have no urge to go the parks, i couldn't ride much anyways. i'll just enjoy some shopping and eating!

 

[ashjohnson80]

Hey everyone, I was looking everywhere for this thread yesterday and couldn't find it. I got my test results back and they showed me as being mildly hypothyroid. Not a big suprise since I've been hypo for about 7 years now. So they put me back on synthroid and may be the reason I haven't been able to conceive yet, so fingers crossed for my next cycle.

 

[mickeyboat]

Hey everyone, I was looking everywhere for this thread yesterday and couldn't find it. I got my test results back and they showed me as being mildly hypothyroid. Not a big suprise since I've been hypo for about 7 years now. So they put me back on synthroid and may be the reason I haven't been able to conceive yet, so fingers crossed for my next cycle.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you, ash. I am sorry you are hypothyroid, but I am glad you have discovered a possible cause. Is that why they think you have been feeling so poorly, too?

Denae

 

[ashjohnson80]

Keeping my fingers crossed for you, ash. I am sorry you are hypothyroid, but I am glad you have discovered a possible cause. Is that why they think you have been feeling so poorly, too?

Denae

It could be, I Hope so b/c it's easily fixed. I guess the only way to really be able to tell is to wait and see.

 

[AllyandJack]

Ash, I hope that's the cause of any problems. Even though it stinks to have something "wrong", having an answer is a good thing!

Michelle, I'm so sorry you're sick. I've been puking for the last 20 weeks. I'm on a bunch of medication, but I don't take it often because of side effects. So, if you find something that works without side effects, run with it! I can't wait for you and Nicole's ultrasounds!!


I got some lousy news. I've been hypoglycemic most of the pregnancy. The doctors think that's why I wake up sick at 2-3am and feel better after having apple juice. Well, I somehow managed to be hypoglycemic AND failed the 1 hour. Oh, I didn't just fail. 135 is the cut-off and I was 183!! I did the 3 hour today and got horribly sick. They think my body is just all messed up from not eating and being sick and dehydrated. So, I'm potentially facing insulin injections for the rest of the pregnancy. I can't make any diet changes because, well, I'm not really eating much and they can't take what I do eat away from me. Blah! I passed the stupid 3 hour a few months ago, too! Stupid, stupid, stupid body.

 

[Villain-lover]

hey! just checking in to see what's up...lets see, AF came this morning, right on time (ended BCP pack saturday). Called Dr to let them know, nurse said our egg donor is expecting AF anytime, so expect a call probably this week to go to "phase 2." This means I cut the Lupron dose in half and I will start estrogen patches, which I will change like twice a week.

exwdwcm- yes, I will ba takeing the PIO shots starting a few days before ET as well as the estrogen patches. I am a bit scared of these shots, but DH is taking great joy in the fact that he gets to give them to me. I am scared that he is a little to happy about this..

Thank you girls for being an awesome community to the new kid on the block!!!

Meredith

 

[GypsySue]

I just got an e-mail from a friend who lives out of state. She wrote to tell me she had a another baby in December!!! She was too afraid of hurting my feelings to tell me she was pregnant. This makes me feel awful! We are pretty good friends and I would have wanted to know about something so huge and awesome! And I'm really not that spastic about TTC, I mean I wouldn't have bursted out in tears (at least not right there on the phone, I'd have to decency to wait until I was in bed at night to cry, you know, like usual )

I feel like some sort of pariah. Like I can't be included in happy things.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

AF is gone, cramps are gone, and I'm back down to a B cup (much to DH's disappointment... ). I've had a mostly kid-free week with only a couple half-days of childcare, and it's been a nice little break. I had grand plans of getting a manicure and pedicure today to treat myself a little, but this morning the callus on my heel cracked and dang it hurts! So I've spent my last day off just sitting on my behind with my foot up and going a little stirr-crazy.

I did order more OPK's and preseed from babyhopes.com; I'd really been hoping that I wouldn't need any more of that stuff, but I don't have enough for this cycle. I keep hoping that someday soon I can offer my leftover OPK's and preseed tubes to one of ya'll here!

Just 10 more days until I can start using the OPK's...boy, I get annoyed by this darn long, irregular cycle!

 

[Princess Tinkerbell]

I just got an e-mail from a friend who lives out of state. She wrote to tell me she had a another baby in December!!! She was too afraid of hurting my feelings to tell me she was pregnant. This makes me feel awful! We are pretty good friends and I would have wanted to know about something so huge and awesome! And I'm really not that spastic about TTC, I mean I wouldn't have bursted out in tears (at least not right there on the phone, I'd have to decency to wait until I was in bed at night to cry, you know, like usual )

I feel like some sort of pariah. Like I can't be included in happy things.

GypsySue: I'm so sorry you felt that way! Just focus on all the good signs you've had since your surgery and know that it will be your time very soon.
I hope you had great success with your OPKs! I just took my first one yesterday, and it was negative, today too. Fertility Friend gave me a green light, but it seamed a little early. I think I am going to skip tomorrow, and start again on Wed. I hope yours are going well!

AF is gone, cramps are gone, and I'm back down to a B cup (much to DH's disappointment... ). I've had a mostly kid-free week with only a couple half-days of childcare, and it's been a nice little break. I had grand plans of getting a manicure and pedicure today to treat myself a little, but this morning the callus on my heel cracked and dang it hurts! So I've spent my last day off just sitting on my behind with my foot up and going a little stirr-crazy.

Ouch! I hope you're feeling better soon.

I did order more OPK's and preseed from babyhopes.com; I'd really been hoping that I wouldn't need any more of that stuff, but I don't have enough for this cycle. I keep hoping that someday soon I can offer my leftover OPK's and preseed tubes to one of ya'll here!

Just 10 more days until I can start using the OPK's...boy, I get annoyed by this darn long, irregular cycle!

What are preseed tubes ?

Jennifer

 

[WDWAurora]

What vitamins do you all recommend? Did you go prescription or OTC? I don't need Kosher, though I saw that discussion not too long ago.

I'm going to start getting regulated in the next month. I want to go ahead and be on the vitamins just in case, even though we're not trying yet.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

What are preseed tubes ?

Jennifer

Preseed is a TTC-friendly lube that creates a beneficial environment for your DH's swimmers . It comes in 'single use' tubes, 6 tubes to a standard pack, and it's a bit expensive; I decided to start using it a few months ago to see if it would help us get that BFP. Apparently most lubes are not friendly for TTC.

HTH!

 

[skuttle]

What vitamins do you all recommend? Did you go prescription or OTC? I don't need Kosher, though I saw that discussion not too long ago.

I'm going to start getting regulated in the next month. I want to go ahead and be on the vitamins just in case, even though we're not trying yet.

My dr. told me to do OTC now, and once I get pregnant, she'll prescribe something for me.

Thanks everyone for the support. I know I shouldn't really complain since I've already been lucky enough to have one child and some of you are fighting for that! It's just been an overload of pregnant women. I think my neighbor hit me hard because I know they were not trying. And I'm creeping up on one year since being off of BCP (June). I've been bad about charting...maybe only 2-3 months since we've been trying I've actually charted consistently. I'll talk to my dr. about it, but I doubt we'll do any testing since I really don't think we've been consistently BD'ing on the correct days!

GypsySue..I'm so sorry! I would feel awful being left out, too. Only my really close friend knows we're trying. I actually talked to her about last summer right before we started, but I haven't mentioned it since. Our family probably knows that we're in the mindset that "when it happens it happens." But I really don't think anyone knows I cry each month when AF arrives.

Carla...that little baby of yours is going to owe you big time!!

Michelle: That ticker looks GREAT!! Hope things continue to go well for you!!

Ash: Good luck!! Maybe this diagnosis will help out.

Emily: Good luck this month to you, too!! Hopefully that doctor's appt will turn into your first prenatal visit!

allison