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

[ChrizJen]

The DANCE!!!!



That's AWESOME!!! Great news!!

 

[ChrizJen]

Good news! Is that HCG high? Maybe you have twins?

That's what I was gonna say before I read your post!!
Maybe twins?!?!

DznyLvr, I'm so happy for you!

 

[DznyLvr2005]

Good news! Is that HCG high? Maybe you have twins?

AHH!! That's what I was thinkin!!! I was, after all on Clomid!

That's what I was gonna say before I read your post!!
Maybe twins?!?!

DznyLvr, I'm so happy for you!

I can't believe it!! All these hormones in my body and I don't feel a thing!!
I have to call back tomorrow to schedule my first sonogram!!!! Then I have to go back in a week for another blood test!!
I can't believe it, I'm excited, but trying not to get too excited!!!
It's almost unreal!!
I'll keep everyone updated!!!
Thanks for listening to my rants and good news!!!

 

[helenabear]

Well, AF arrived today. I was hoping to be pregnant on what would have been my due date, but that won't happen. Hopefully the holidays will keep my mind off of that. Now, just looking forward to my Dec 6th appt (not looking forward to the waiting room, though!).

I'm starting to think I will never be able to leave this thread!

Allison I am so very sorry. My heart truly goes out to you. Do you think it is time to push your doctor to be more aggressive with everything? I really am so hopeful that you get your BFP very soon!

Christal, I hope you have good luck this time with the IUI

DznyLvr, congrats! As for symptoms on this pregnancy that stuck, I didn't really have any until I was around 7 weeks or so along and then mine gradually came and stayed until around 20 weeks. A good friend didn't have anything until 8 weeks and then they hit suddenly.

Haven't been feeling all that great lately... but I'm reading and thinking good thoughts for you all!

 

[ChrizJen]

AHH!! That's what I was thinkin!!! I was, after all on Clomid!




I can't believe it!! All these hormones in my body and I don't feel a thing!!
I have to call back tomorrow to schedule my first sonogram!!!! Then I have to go back in a week for another blood test!!
I can't believe it, I'm excited, but trying not to get too excited!!!
It's almost unreal!!
I'll keep everyone updated!!!
Thanks for listening to my rants and good news!!!

Keep on ranting if it helps to keep you sane!!
I understand completely the need to feel symptoms...they would be an indication that there's good stuff happening in there.
But I think those numbers sure look like a good indication!!
So I guess for now, just enjoy the lack of symptoms!! You never know when they may sneak up on you!

 

[ChrizJen]

Elaine...Hope you're feeling better soon!

 

[DznyLvr2005]

OH BTW I'm 22 dpo and my HCG is a little high, but I looked online and it's just a tad above average.
So I'm thinking good thoughts! (It's funny, I actually started feeling sick before, maybe because now I'm letting my body do whatever it has to, now that I feel relief from the good test results.) I'm cooking pasta and the sauce is making me gag!

 

[skuttle]

DznyLvr, that is wonderful news. Congratulations on the high numbers!! I hope things continue to go well for you and you can soon start to enjoy your pregnancy!! I think I've told you this before, but I didn't have any symptoms with DS other than fatigue and constant hunger. I was very lucky.

Elaine, I can't believe your time is almost here! I hope you are feeling better. Thanks for the kind words. I do plan on pushing my gyn next week re moving forward with more testing. I either need to move forward with testing or just stop TTC. I can't take this much longer. It's just too hard. I need to graduate from this thread! LOL! I feel like I'm a 6th or 7th year senior! I'm hoping to at least have an answer, good or bad, by the time my best friend has her baby in March. I hoping that will help me deal with that better. I just hate the feeling I get when I talk to her or about her...I can't explain it. I just don't like it at all.

Christal and Beth...good luck to both of you!

 

[mickeyboat]

DznyLvr - Yeah! Sounds great. Now stop worrying and start enjoying. With my second my HCG numbers were a little high, and they suspected twins, too. But alas, it was only Emily.

skuttle - You need a . And I will say it again. I think you will feel a lot better if you were seeing a doctor who was more aggressively testing / treating you. Let your doctor know on the 6th how discouraged, and even depressed / obsessed you are with this. It's easy to tell you to wait, but I think you have been waiting long enough. I am still here cheering for you.

I expected AF yesterday, and she didn't come. She has been light in the past few months, but I have always seen her. Anyone want to send her my way? I think she got lost in Louisiana (BTW - I am not trying to get PG).

Denae

 

[GypsySue]

Skuttle-- I think we need a remedial TTC thread! I need to graduate too!!

The blood tests indicated that all was good, so they are working on the assumption that the follicles are on the right o that they can never see on the u/s. So I am doin' the OPK. I think that it is possible that Christal and I will be having our IUI on the same day! Wouldn't that be weird?

Elaine--sending to you!

 

[ChrizJen]

Skuttle-- I think we need a remedial TTC thread! I need to graduate too!!

The blood tests indicated that all was good, so they are working on the assumption that the follicles are on the right o that they can never see on the u/s. So I am doin' the OPK. I think that it is possible that Christal and I will be having our IUI on the same day! Wouldn't that be weird?
Elaine--sending to you!

That would be great!! It would be exciting to follow and compare each others' 2WW!!! I just hope the timing is right. I don't know why, but this time I seem to be feeling a lot more anxiety about the whole timing issue...They said yesterday that by the look of the follicles, we should be just about right on time...my OPK's have shown nothing all week, and just a faint line this morning. I'm hoping that's a sign that the LH is slowly creeping up and will surge maybe tomorrow or Friday. That would be reassuring. Oh, and the other few tests that they ran from last week came out just fine.

Allison, I know how you feel. I have a friend who's pregnant, a co-worker who is as well, and another co-worker who just gave birth last weekend. I feel so happy for them, and I wish nothing but the best for them and their babies, but it's so hard not to feel like a total WITCH when you feel that twinge of resentment and sadness thinking about friends who are living the dream that you want so desparately to be living...

And I went almost a year with a nurse practitioner who wasn't doing anything to find out why I wasn't getting pregnant. It was frustrating to say the least. I agree that you should put your foot down with your doc, and insist that you get some testing and fertility drugs if necessary. I do have to say that I felt much more empowered over the situation once I "took charge".

Anyhow, everyone have a happy Humpday, and I'll check back in later!

-Christal

 

[DznyLvr2005]

I made my 1st ultrasound appt for monday 4:30! Can't wait!

 

[ChrizJen]

I made my 1st ultrasound appt for monday 4:30! Can't wait!

YAYYY!!! That's so exciting!!

 

[CheshireVal]

Argh, okay. So I've been invited to my first baby shower since I've been TTC. I don't really want to go, but I guess it would be bad karma not to, wouldn't it?

I'm just afraid I might start tearing up at random moments!

 

[Jen_in_NH]

Skuttle I agree with everyone who suggested telling your doc just how unhappy you are with this whole thing.

DznyLvr - how are you feeling today? No more pasta sauce, I hope

I tested, big old NO. I saw the doc yesterday, and I'm back on provera, all set for another round of clomid, and increase the glucophage to 1500mg. As my husband told me "cranky, bloody, and poopy. How do they call this fertility meds? "

 

[WDWAurora]

CheshireVal-does that friend know what's going on?

Jen in NH-Sorry about the test.

Ok, now I need some help. How am I 100% sure what Day 1 is? I mean, I've got to start the Femara (same idea as Clomid) on Day 5, but I'm not sure which day is 1. I've had some spotting, enough for a tampon (I know, TMI) but it's not really regular yet, if that makes sense. Probably today. So does that make today day 1, or yesterday, or the day before? Ugh.

 

[DznyLvr2005]

CheshireVal-does that friend know what's going on?

Jen in NH-Sorry about the test.

Ok, now I need some help. How am I 100% sure what Day 1 is? I mean, I've got to start the Femara (same idea as Clomid) on Day 5, but I'm not sure which day is 1. I've had some spotting, enough for a tampon (I know, TMI) but it's not really regular yet, if that makes sense. Probably today. So does that make today day 1, or yesterday, or the day before? Ugh.

Hi....
My RE told me that spotting doesn't count as day 1.
Hope that helps!

 

[ChrizJen]

Aurora...I was told by my current RE to consider the first day of FULL FLOW day one. For me, I usually spot a couple of days, then I know for sure when I'm full on. It usually hits like a brick... HTH

CheshireVal...I feel for you. I don't know if I could bring myself to go either. It was hard for me to even talk on the phone to a friend of mine yesterday who's pregnant. She was talking about stuff, and it was just really difficult to listen to. I felt horrible for feeling that way. And selfish. But it's just not an easy thing to do.

Jen...I'm sorry about the BFN. Good luck on the next go-round.


Well, I had my LH surge this morning. So I called the clinic, and they said to go ahead and do the HSG injection to help it along. And we're still going to try for Saturday AM, just a little earlier than we were before. Wish me luck, and DznyLvr, a little more of that sticky baby dust, please!?!

It's almost FRIDAY!!!!

-Christal

 

[DznyLvr2005]

DznyLvr - how are you feeling today? No more pasta sauce, I hope

I tested, big old NO. I saw the doc yesterday, and I'm back on provera, all set for another round of clomid, and increase the glucophage to 1500mg. As my husband told me "cranky, bloody, and poopy. How do they call this fertility meds? "

No more pasta sauce...I take back what I said about wanting to feel symptoms. I feel nauseaus 24/7 now... I just with I'd throw up already, but it's not gonna happen!! It's just a constant queasy feeling

Hang in there, I always think the more that things aren't going right, the more the MD can diagnose and fix.

Well, I had my LH surge this morning. So I called the clinic, and they said to go ahead and do the HSG injection to help it along. And we're still going to try for Saturday AM, just a little earlier than we were before. Wish me luck, and DznyLvr, a little more of that sticky baby dust, please!?!

It's almost FRIDAY!!!!

-Christal

Good luck!! How's this?!
(I would have put more, but you're only allowed 25 images)

 

[CheshireVal]

CheshireVal-does that friend know what's going on?

She does because when she announced her pregnancy, I was asking her questions about insurance coverage and she asked if I was trying. Then she brought me some OPKs that she didn't need anymore.

But that was 4 months ago now! I kind of feel like I should go to the shower, but dang I really don't want to.


About the spotting, I have that problem too. Ever since I went off the pill, I've been spotting for about 5 days before AF actually starts for real. I've been having a hard time charting because I don't know when to count Day 1.