New TTC Thread

[Jen_in_NH]

I'm in the middle of my first mini-stim IUI cycle. I just started the daily Follistim shots (holy cow, do my ****s hurt!) Hopefully the first time works.

 

[WDWAurora]

No good news here, either. (BTW skuttle-did Mickey write you? Thanks again!)

I just started my 3rd cycle of using a trigger shot with my Femara, which makes like 9 months of Femara overall. I knew things weren't great when I went in for my day 12 ultrasound and the doctor came in to do it. Other than my initial consultation, I haven't seen her. She told me that after this cycle, if nothing happens we need to get together and talk things over. Ugh. This is also my final cycle where I have the supposed "boost" from having the HSG. I've already scheduled my appointment for after I know if I'm pregnant or not. I'm still hoping, but I'm so scared about having to have that appointment. It's not like we can afford to do much more at this point.

We just got back from our much-needed trip to WDW. I feel like I didn't go because I was so concentrated on making sure everybody else had a good time. The only plus was that since I wasn't pregnant, I could ride everything, including everest for my first (and second) times.

Shower for my sister-in-law on Sunday, right after my two-year-old nephew's bday party on Saturday...Tough weekend.

 

[hotveggy]

Just stopping by to wish you all some luck and hope. It took me a year and 2 miscarriages- but here I am 17 weeks in and doing great.

Good luck to all- don't give up!

by the way skuttle, i saw NKOTB this past Tuesday- they were GREAT!!! It really brought me back to my youth- enjoy, you will have a blast!

 

[KiKi Mouse]

Nothing new here either. Every month it's groundhog day again KWIM?

Went to see the specialist the other day. He told me everything I already knew. I am not infertile as I have been pregnant 3x, DH is good to go as he has gotten me pregnant 2x, I ovulate, etc. The only issue is my age (now 42) and my declining fertility.
So next month I start Clomid with the hope of popping out two eggs instead of one to double up our chances. It's worth a shot. I've got nothing to lose.

Here's to a all of us and hope somebody here breaks free from this rut and gets their BFP!

xoxo
Chris

 

[TAKitty]

I sadly have nothing to report. My first IUI didn't work. We skipped our second IUI because it would be two in one month and they cost 700 each. My Dh is actually on Clomid to hopefully increase his guys.

I just want one child of my own. This has been a really painful process. Baby wishes to all.

 

[D&DDisney]

Hi Everyone,

Been so quiet here, but glad everyone checked in yesterday.
Not much to report here. Always NOTHING or BFN. And, as you can see from my ticker, the big 40 is coming up fast. I've decided to just celebrate "like its 1999" and forget the fact that my fertility is dropping exponentially with every passing day.

Aurora - Did you write a trip report? How are your in-laws doing?

Momsully - have a great time on vacation! Maybe you'll bring back a souvinier.

Kiki - Good luck on the Clomid. Some days I wonder if I should try that again.

TAKitty - Keep the faith. I never knew they gave Clomid to guys??? Hope that works for you.

to anyone I might have missed. Best of luck this month!

 

[skuttle]

You know, they always say no news is good news. I think this thread is the exception! No news is bad news. All of us would be screaming from the rooftops if we got a BFP!

Courtney, Mickey's postcard arrived today. Thanks so much! Yesterday was the 50 day mark until our trip. Colin was SO excited to get the postcard. Thanks again.


To everyone!

 

[WDWAurora]

I should've waited to say something! I can't believe it took so long to get there. I mailed it probably on Thursday of last week. A full week! That's crazy. We bought pins on ebay 2 nights ago and some of those are already here from CA. It's not that far from FL to LA!

My monitor said high fertility day today, which is likely after the fact, but at least it gives me some reassurance that the injection worked. Now if some connection and implantation would happen, I could be a happy camper...

 

[skuttle]

Don't worry about it! I've always heard that postcards take longer to get places than regular mail.

 

[vetrik]

I'm so sad there's no good news. It's true that this is a quiet thread when there's nothing good to share.

I'm on Cycle Day 3, AF is here. We're both really sad that last month didn't happen, my due date would have been DH's 30th birthday. However, on the plus side, I've heard conflicting information about when you can try again after an ectopic. We decided to go with what my doctor said, which was that we could try again once my HCG got to zero. However, online, a lot of information says to wait for 3 months. Since I didn't get pregnant trying right after, I am now at the point where we could have tried again if we had waited 3 months. I guess I was hoping to have a BFP quickly again, since the ectopic happened the first month we were really trying. Of course, if I do get a BFP again, I'll be starting all the worrying that it's ectopic again! I guess that's just the start of the worrying - you worry a lot while you're trying, and that continues for the rest of your life once you become pregnant and then a parent.

I bought a Clearblue Easy fertility monitor for this month from Ebay. I'm excited to give that a try now and see what happens.

I had posted a long time ago how my younger brother's "sort-of" girlfriend unexpectedly got pregnant and he announced it at Christmas. They ended up getting married 2 months before the baby was born, and their son is now 3 months old. They are baptizing him later this month, and they just asked me to be the godmother, so that's exciting. They live in New York, so I always love another chance to see my nephew too.

skuttle - That's so great you're going to the New Kids! They're playing in my city the day after my 28th birthday in November, but I can't get anyone to go with me. I saw them at the same arena in 1990!

WDWAurora - At least you were able to have a good trip to Disney! I really, really hope this is the month for you!

TAKitty - I didn't know they put guys on Clomid either. I hope that it will work wonders for you!

Kiki - Hopefully the Clomid will have good results for you since you do know you can get pregnant and just need one to stick!

momsully - Enjoy your vacation!

Jen-in-NH - Good luck with this cycle! It's incredible what women have to go through to try to have a baby sometimes.

 

[momsully]

We are so looking forward to this vacation. We actually took a break TTC because I was so frustrated after my due date came/went. We will probably start up again after this trip. I have a prescription for Clomid that I have not filled and also bought a clear blue easy monitor from ebay several months ago and it is still in the box.

When we thought we were having another baby we started talking about where the heck we could put another child. We had kicked around the idea of building a loft for the kids computer/desks etc that way the boys could share a room. Well, they still have their own rooms but we started construction on the loft yesterday. It will still be a nice place for the kids to read/do homework and if we ever do get pregnant again we won't have to do it then.

Good luck to everyone this cycle.

 

[mickeyboat]

Hi everyone!

Hope all is well. Good luck this month and hope to hear some good news soon.

Denae

 

[WDWAurora]

Well, I'm hoping, because I've had weird stuff going on. Last night, right before bed, I get these horrendous cramps in my very low pelvis. As in, I was nearly ready to head to the ER, they were that bad. I did some self-examination and determined it wasn't my appendix, so I decided that I would take tylenol and attempt to sleep it off. I woke up and they were gone, but they were really bad, and constant. Has anybody ever had anything like that? No sign of them today, although I was having hot flashes for a little while. Afraid to get my hopes up.

D&DDisney-I am doing a trip report. The link to the pre-trip and trip report are in my signature. I've barely started it! Hopefully I'll do another installation tonight, maybe 2.

I did my DSisIL's baby shower yesterday. I was the only person there who hadn't given birth. Two other women were expecting, then a lady came in and told me that a mutual acquaintance was expecting. They were all talking about their birth stories and their babies and it was just so hard. I just want it to be me.

 

[smilie]

Just checking in to wish you ladies luck.

 

[skuttle]

UGH! I just had a breakdown...it's been a while since I've cried like this. DH just told me that a a 6th GRADER is pregnant. OMG! I am just furious. How can a 6th grader get pregnant and we can't? How is that fair? How does the whole "everything happens for a reason" fit in here? What reason could there possibly be for a 6th grader getting pregnant while we sit here month after month facing disappointment. OMG..she'll have a kid in Kindergarten before she even graduates high school. I just want to scream.....

 

[WDWAurora]

Allison-I'm sorry. I understand, I work in an area with one of the worst teen pregnancy rates and it's so hard to walk around the schools and see the stomachs of these girls...Tell your DH that next time it might be better not to tell you that kind of thing. I know I'd be better off not knowing that.

 

[skuttle]

Courtney, I think he realizes that now! Poor thing..he tries not to set me off, but sometimes I surprise him. Luckily Colin's fundraiser cookie dough came in last week so I'm baking a bunch tonight to make myself feel better.

 

[D&DDisney]

I'll join your rant...
There is no reason in my mind that justifies a 6th grader getting pregnant-NONE! Makes me so mad sometimes that God deems them worthy enough to be a parent (sometimes many times over) and not the rest of us. (I know, not very christian)
I also find myself jealous of all those big families (4 or more kids). Saw one the other weekend with 6 kids and thought "Why do they get six?"

Skuttle - Just make a bunch of those cookies and be sure to share them with us. I'll bring the ice cream and spoons.

 

[pumpkinfish]

Hey everyone! I just wanted to quickly introduce myself. D&DDisney referred me over here (thank you very much for EXACTLY what I was looking for ).

DH and I have been married for 8 years now. We got pregnant on our honeymoon and miscarried at 12 weeks. I’m sure many of you understand the ordeal of going through a miscarriage. It affected DH more than me and I was a wreck. We were young and wanting to start a family right away. Obviously God had other plans and I can see why since we weren’t financially stable.
Fast-forward 8 years. We recently moved into our first house (yay to no more apartment life!) and I had a thought jump through my thoughts as I was driving to work yesterday- I want a baby. I want to be a SAHM. I can see where we are very stable in our careers and financial abilities. For 8 years we haven’t used protection and are still child-less. We know there is some form of infertility between us.
On top of this I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and take Methotrexate which I CANNOT get pregnant while I am taking (actually, I was told NOT to get pregnant as it can result in deformities and an unhealthy child and if I do get pregnant than I will have to have an abortion).
I told DH over dinner last night and he was ecstatic. I know we can not turn a blind eye to the infertility any longer so where do I/we begin? I am ready to step off the Methotrexate if I need to. I just need to let my Rheumatologist know. I am also in Humira (injection) but was told I can remain on that.
Infertility seems to run in my family: it took my parents 7 years to have me (I’m the oldest) and they had a miscarriage a few years before that. Also my grandmother had several miscarriages. So I wanted to wait and see what would happen.
I’ve read a few of the posts already so I want to thank D&DDisney for directing me here because it’s nice to see that some of my thoughts are “normal” and not evil. When I have the chance I will read through more of the posts. I appreciate some guidance from others that have been or are going through this as well. Also, I’m not in this alone so some advice for DH is also welcomed.

 

[D&DDisney]

You're welcome. Glad to have you here, but (as we say) hope your stay is short.

Please do read through all the past posts. So many others are going through some of the same things you are. It took my DH and I 10 years to conceive and that was with lots of help. We adopted our oldest son when he was 2 and then finally were able to get pregnant with now DS6. Our family is wonderful, but we still feel like someone is missing. Unfortunately, after 6 years, we still have not been able to add another someone.

So pull up a chair, grab some cookies and ice cream, and feel free to ask any questions, share sad stories or just rant for a while. We understand.