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

[KristineN]

Update:

I have 8 measurable follicles and 5 smaller ones. Things seem MUCH better than last time. Looks like things are progressing quickly, and I am now going in for daily scans & blood work. Cross your fingers for me

 

[2bemarried]

Kristine that's fabulous news!!! I'm so happy for you.

Dznylvr congrats on all your tests coming back with flying colors

Denae it really wouldn't be the same around here without you. We love having you around. I must be completely losing my memory. Did you live in Durham or visit? I've lived in NC my whole life but I had never been to a Bulls game until the new park was built.

Rebecca we'll have to do a whole new ER.

I spoke with the nice receptionist today. She said all the doctors review patient charts with a failed round during their staff meeting on Thursdays. Then I'll receive a call from my doctor either Friday or Monday to discuss next steps. Until then I'm going to put it out of my mind.

 

[skuttle]

Kristine, congrats! I hope things continue to go smoothly for you!

Kristy, you seem to have such a wonderful attitude! I hope you are able to get some answers after Thursday's meeting.

Dznylvr, congrats on passing all of your tests! Good luck BD'ing!

Denae, you know we love you here!! When I go in on Friday, I'll be on CD6. I'm not sure what to expect since I haven't talked to my dr about any of this yet. Last time I talked to my dr was at my annual last June...all she told me was to start taking OTC prenatals and call her when I got pregnant. Too bad it wasn't that simple. I saw a NP when I went through the chemical pregnancy.

Last Friday I received an email from my best friend, the pregnant one, just checking up on everyone to see how everyone has been doing. We send emails out to each other (me and my three best friends) every week or so if we haven't heard from everyone in a while. I think I'm ready to spill everything to them about my TTC journey. I keep going through the wording of it all in my head, and I start crying thinking about it all. I guess writing it all down for my friends IRL just makes it all seem more real. I know I'm on here everyday with you girls talking about it...but for some reason, talking about it all IRL just is much harder. But with my appt coming up on Friday, I think I'm ready to do it. I just hope I don't make my pregnant friend feel bad. I think that's why I've struggled with the wording of the email. I want them to know how I feel, how hard it's been, everything that I've been going through, but at the same time I don't want to make my pregnant friend feel bad. I need to get it all out, though. I think for my sanity I need to get it all out to my friends to have their support as we take the next step on Friday.

 

[mla2177]

Kristine, congrats! I hope things continue to go smoothly for you!

Kristy, you seem to have such a wonderful attitude! I hope you are able to get some answers after Thursday's meeting.

Dznylvr, congrats on passing all of your tests! Good luck BD'ing!

Denae, you know we love you here!! When I go in on Friday, I'll be on CD6. I'm not sure what to expect since I haven't talked to my dr about any of this yet. Last time I talked to my dr was at my annual last June...all she told me was to start taking OTC prenatals and call her when I got pregnant. Too bad it wasn't that simple. I saw a NP when I went through the chemical pregnancy.

Last Friday I received an email from my best friend, the pregnant one, just checking up on everyone to see how everyone has been doing. We send emails out to each other (me and my three best friends) every week or so if we haven't heard from everyone in a while. I think I'm ready to spill everything to them about my TTC journey. I keep going through the wording of it all in my head, and I start crying thinking about it all. I guess writing it all down for my friends IRL just makes it all seem more real. I know I'm on here everyday with you girls talking about it...but for some reason, talking about it all IRL just is much harder. But with my appt coming up on Friday, I think I'm ready to do it. I just hope I don't make my pregnant friend feel bad. I think that's why I've struggled with the wording of the email. I want them to know how I feel, how hard it's been, everything that I've been going through, but at the same time I don't want to make my pregnant friend feel bad. I need to get it all out, though. I think for my sanity I need to get it all out to my friends to have their support as we take the next step on Friday.

Skuttle-I know exactly how you feel!!!! My problem is talking about it with my family. I can rammble on fine with my friends, but for some reason I get really emotional when I think about discussing it w/family. I think because I went through such a rough time having my son (I had Ecalmpsia), I know they will think I'm crazy even thinking about having another, let alone going through infertility issues. Unfortunatly unless someone has gone through it or been going through it, it's hard for most people to understand especially if you already have a child.

 

[skuttle]

Skuttle-I know exactly how you feel!!!! My problem is talking about it with my family. I can rammble on fine with my friends, but for some reason I get really emotional when I think about discussing it w/family. I think because I went through such a rough time having my son (I had Ecalmpsia), I know they will think I'm crazy even thinking about having another, let alone going through infertility issues. Unfortunatly unless someone has gone through it or been going through it, it's hard for most people to understand especially if you already have a child.

I was put on bedrest with DS around 32 weeks due to PIH, then he arrived 4 weeks early. He was healthy though, 6 pounds 7 ounces, 19 inches, and didn't spend a second in NICU. I'm a bit concerned about the bedrest again since I'm now working full-time. When I was pregnant with DS, I was in my last semester of law school and bed rest came during the summer while I was studying for the bar exam. With my job now, I know I could easily work from home, but having DS makes it a little more complicated since he's starting pre-school. I definitely plan to talk to my Dr about anything I can try to do differently to see if I can prevent the PIH this time around.

I do still struggle with my feelings of sadness since we have already been lucky enough to have DS. I often feel like I shouldn't be sad, that I should just be thankful for DS and stop my whining. I grew up as an only and really don't want DS to be an only. ALL of my cousins have more than one child. One did go through IUI for her first. But other than that, none of them (there are 6 total) didn't have any problems getting pregnant. I'm the lucky winner of that one, I suppose.

allison

 

[2bemarried]

Allison I think being honest with your friends will help you. After everything happened Friday I sent an IM to one of my friends asking her to let the others in our group know. They understood that I didn't want to talk about it at the moment but they sent e-mail hugs and prayers. I knew they were thinking about me and that truly helped me cope with the ivf failing.

Oh...I'm also an only child and the only cousin(out of 11) to have infertility issues. All the others are bunnies. I have mixed emotions about having only one. I survived but I know that it sucks to not have a sibling when I need help dealing with mom and dad. Unfortunately even friends with siblings say they might as well be an only b/c their siblings do nothing to help with parents or contribute to the family.

 

[helenabear]

Hi everyone! The DIS boards have been very slow for me lately and it seems when I try to post here of all places I can't

Anyway...

Kristy, I am glad you enjoyed the concert. I would've loved to see you with that other concert go-er though Oh and don't worry about your mom and dad. Having siblings does NOT guarantee that you will have it easier. I've seen it happen in my family on both sides really. Plus I think this one will be it for us. I cannot see doing it again. However I am not ever ruling out adoption down the line.

Dznylvr, woo hoo on good test results! I hope you have good luck with everything now!

Mla, so sorry about the old hag showing... good luck with having a souvineer though

I know that feeling of jealousy with going to WDW... though I shouldn't talk. Since 2003 I have been going 2x a year to WDW... this is the first year I am not going at all I do have it planned to go in 2008 in May though. That is my longest break for me since 2000. I admit that is pretty much the only place we vacation though.

Kristine, that sounds awesome!! Fingers crossed for you!

I can't tell you if I was the only one who had troubles getting pregnant or not. My brother isn't going to have kids and my sister said she isn't ready to try yet. My other 1st cousins in my age group haven't had any desire to have kids either... and the other 1st cousins I have are so much older than me that I have no idea what they have gone through. My mom had issues and my DH's parents had issues as well, so if we don't have more than 1 ever naturally no one will say a thing.

I do know how hard it is to talk about it in RL though. It's so much eaiser for me to sit here and type everything out.

Allison, I do agree though that telling them will probably help even though it can be so hard to do it. It is great to have support... I only had one friend who knew how hard it had been for me, but I was glad to have her.

 

[mla2177]

I was put on bedrest with DS around 32 weeks due to PIH, then he arrived 4 weeks early. He was healthy though, 6 pounds 7 ounces, 19 inches, and didn't spend a second in NICU. I'm a bit concerned about the bedrest again since I'm now working full-time. When I was pregnant with DS, I was in my last semester of law school and bed rest came during the summer while I was studying for the bar exam. With my job now, I know I could easily work from home, but having DS makes it a little more complicated since he's starting pre-school. I definitely plan to talk to my Dr about anything I can try to do differently to see if I can prevent the PIH this time around.

I do still struggle with my feelings of sadness since we have already been lucky enough to have DS. I often feel like I shouldn't be sad, that I should just be thankful for DS and stop my whining. I grew up as an only and really don't want DS to be an only. ALL of my cousins have more than one child. One did go through IUI for her first. But other than that, none of them (there are 6 total) didn't have any problems getting pregnant. I'm the lucky winner of that one, I suppose.

allison

I was airlifted to a hospital up north (they had a NICU), and when I arrived they said I wasn't as bad as they thought, so I was put on hospital bedrest to try and get me to 36 weeks. I arrived at 31 weeks, only lasted a week and had two seizures! I had an emergency c-section after the second seizure. I was very lucky though, my son was born at 4 lbs 5 ozs and 16 inches long and he only spent a week in the NICU. He did get sent home with a heart monitor that he had to wear for a couple of months, but only for precautionary measures. He was never on oxygen, and is a very healthy 3 yr old little boy today. It took me a LONG time to decide to even try to have another baby, but I just feel like my son needs a sibling. We live 2.5 hours from any of my family members, so he is doesn't really get to interact much with other children.

 

[mickeyboat]

Howdy, everyone!

I don't have much time, but I wanted to drop in to say hello! I just got to work, and my kids are sick, so I need to quickly get the necessities done and get back out of here. Wouldn't you know they would get sick right before we are to leave for vacation?

Denae

 

[stitchntiggertoo]

hey everyone.....Just doing a little catch up on the posts...

Skuttle- Tell your friends. They will understand and I don't think you will upset your friend that's pregnant.

Mickeyboat- Hopefully your kids feel better before they go to Disney, just please ask them not to share their germs there. (Just picking!) I came back from WDW this past May and got sick like I have never been sick in my life. Wrong souvenir (is that spelled right? It doesn't look like it!)

Anyways, you ladies that were on BC did you find that/feel like you were on an emotional roller coaster when taking it? Ugh, I just started a new pack and I am ready to rip people's heads off. (Now I am lacking sleep too-not helping matters). I am an absolute bear when I start a new pack. I tried switching pills to Lo estrin Fe or something and it was semi-ok and then had to switch to the generic and I felt terrible. Skipping periods, blurry vision, and later realized insomnia (yup that was fun 2-3 hours of sleep a night for a month) so I switched back but..... this first week I feel bad for my hubby. Did anyone else have this problem too? I so cannot wait to stop taking the stupid things! And have you noticed that when you feel like this EVERYONE decides to be a pain too?

Thanks I just needed to vent...I feel better now.

 

[DznyLvr2005]

Anyways, you ladies that were on BC did you find that/feel like you were on an emotional roller coaster when taking it?

BC pills made me psycho b*tch
I can't take them...
I've been on Yasmin, ortho tri cyclin and also seasonale... they all make me totally crazy.

 

[2bemarried]

hey everyone.....Just doing a little catch up on the posts...

Skuttle- Tell your friends. They will understand and I don't think you will upset your friend that's pregnant.

Mickeyboat- Hopefully your kids feel better before they go to Disney, just please ask them not to share their germs there. (Just picking!) I came back from WDW this past May and got sick like I have never been sick in my life. Wrong souvenir (is that spelled right? It doesn't look like it!)

Anyways, you ladies that were on BC did you find that/feel like you were on an emotional roller coaster when taking it? Ugh, I just started a new pack and I am ready to rip people's heads off. (Now I am lacking sleep too-not helping matters). I am an absolute bear when I start a new pack. I tried switching pills to Lo estrin Fe or something and it was semi-ok and then had to switch to the generic and I felt terrible. Skipping periods, blurry vision, and later realized insomnia (yup that was fun 2-3 hours of sleep a night for a month) so I switched back but..... this first week I feel bad for my hubby. Did anyone else have this problem too? I so cannot wait to stop taking the stupid things! And have you noticed that when you feel like this EVERYONE decides to be a pain too?

Thanks I just needed to vent...I feel better now.

I'm sorry...I know it's not funny to you but it is to me. I was just like that if not worse the last two months. BC pills, Lupron, Follistim, Progesterone...all those drugs make me the wife/coworker/daughter/friend from HELL!!!

Take a deep breath, count to 10 and tell your DH that he will get his head bitten off for no reason and you're sorry but he just has to deal with it

 

[KristineN]

Looks like I am progressing well. I am now up to 18 follicles...still with the 8 measurable. Blood work came back good. I will be going in every day now until ER. I am getting nervous (and excited and scared) I have begun to get terribly uncomfortable at night.

 

[skuttle]

Well, I did it. I emailed my friends. I typed it all out in word because I didn't want to lose it and have to write it out again in my email! It was 3 pages long. I managed to not really cry much while writing it. But once I started receiving replies from my three friends...I couldn't stop crying. I guess hearing someone IRL say "I'm sorry" just makes it all more real.

My pregnant friend said she was on the verge of calling my DH because she was worried about me. She knew that something was wrong and figured I'd talk about it when I was ready, but she was tired of waiting and was concerned so she was going to call my DH.

I feel better now that it's out, I really do. Hopefully this, along with my appt on Friday, will help me emotionally.

 

[2bemarried]

Well, I did it. I emailed my friends. I typed it all out in word because I didn't want to lose it and have to write it out again in my email! It was 3 pages long. I managed to not really cry much while writing it. But once I started receiving replies from my three friends...I couldn't stop crying. I guess hearing someone IRL say "I'm sorry" just makes it all more real.

My pregnant friend said she was on the verge of calling my DH because she was worried about me. She knew that something was wrong and figured I'd talk about it when I was ready, but she was tired of waiting and was concerned so she was going to call my DH.

I feel better now that it's out, I really do. Hopefully this, along with my appt on Friday, will help me emotionally.

Kristine if you don't already have one get a body pillow. It will really help with the discomfort. What was your E2 today?

 

[KristineN]

I forgot to ask the number...she said "blood work is good" then I got side tracked asking some other questions...I am hoping to go a few more days to the let the others catch up...right now:
left: 11.5, 17.5, 7, 16, 10, 11, 15 right:10, 13.5 25, 14.5, 18.5

Kristine if you don't already have one get a body pillow. It will really help with the discomfort. What was your E2 today?

 

[2bemarried]

oh wow...those numbers look really good!!

 

[DznyLvr2005]

Hey everyone.. I have a stupid question... sort of...
Like I said before, my RE is having me do the OPKs. The RN told me start testing on day 12 of the cycle, but since my cycles are longer, I tested on day 14. It was dark, which apparently means I will O. So the next day I decided to test it again... .Dark! Yesterday I tested it again.. Dark still!!
This morning, I tested again cause now I'm getting worred.... DARK!!!!
What the Heck is going on with me!!!
Do I constantly have an LH surge!! Something isn't right here. MY BBTs are not rising yet and I'm still having this LH surge.... 4 days in a row!!
What are your thoughts??

 

[KristineN]

I continue to progress...todays follicles:

left: 19.5, 16, 11, 17.5, 12, 12, 8.5, 11.5
right: 26.5, 16.5, 20.5, 13.5, 10.5

still waiting for blood test results...

I'm still hoping to go another day or so to let the others catch up.

 

[TinkerChelle]

Good morning Ladies!

dznylvr-sorry I can't really help you with your question. I use OPKs too but I only surge for 1 day and in fact never showed a surge at all last month. So, I am the exact opposite!

KristineN-Good luck!

Kristy-Your attitude is sooo great. I don't know how you rebounded so fast. Hope you hear from your doctor tomorrow.

skuttle-glad you finally confided in your friends. Hopefully you'll get some extra support now.

As for me today is day 23 of my 28 day cycle. So, I should find out next week....either AF will come or I'll be preggers. Doctor's office called yesterday and this is what the nurse told me: Your Progesterone level is 27.1 and the doctor said that was very good and that definitely indicates that ovulation occurred. Of course, I am obsessing over this. Don't you wish there was a test that could tell you were pregnant the minute conception occurred??!!!

Baby Dust 2 all of us...may we see some BFPs soon!