New TTC Thread

[esbrick]

cherbear ~ So funny you bring up the raspberry leaf tea. I was literally just looking at a website that had written stuff about that a couple of hours ago! Here are the two links I found:

http://http://www.sharedjourney.com/nat/herbal.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4970468_use-herbal-remedies-infertility-pregnant.html

So I called Dr.K's office this morning and spoke with the nurse this afternoon. I need to wait until AF comes again, which I knew, and then they will start me on Clomid for that round but for this month we are on our own and workin' with "the machine". It's kinda what I figured any way because considering I was just out for 2 weeks I can't see the boss looking kindly on me leaving early or coming in late for a while.

Hope everyone is doing well! Thanks for all the welcome backs. At least we get to ride this roller coaster together!

E

 

[Kronk's girl]

I had tried the red raspberry leaf tea (well sort of). I just drank it about every other day for about ten days leading up to ovulation, so I didn't give it a really good try. Obviously it didn't get me pregnant But I think you are supposed to drink more of it on a consistent basis, I eventually ran out and I haven't bought more yet. It didn't taste bad or anything.

Good luck Cherbear, if you do get pregnant and tell your mom on her birthday, you should get a cake (or make one) and have them pipe on it "Happy Birthday Grandma" - that would be such a cute surprise! (unless she already is a grandma, then it could just be "we're having a baby") - you were the one whose mom's birthday was coming up, right?

...Okay so I am obsessed with coming up with cute little ideas of how I would eventually surprise my husband or parents with the news. I have had to stop doing this because I get really excited about it and then really disappointed when I don't get to use my ideas I have turned into a crazy person!

 

[cherbear]

I've heard of the red raspberry tea recommendation before, but have never tried it myself. As for the twins, I have always wanted twins. Now that I have one, I'm not so sure, but I would still love it, especially b/g twins. As for your size, I knew a 5'2" woman who had triplets! I think she was on bed rest most of the pregnancy, but she had 3 healthy little boys. Seriously, they were over 5 lbs each, which is pretty big for triplets!


DS will be 3 next month, and he's a handful. A cute handful, but still a handful!

wow, 5'2" with triplets sounds crazy! I just can't see myself carrying more than one, I would be HUGE! I saw a woman who was 8 months last week(with just one I think) and she was 5 feet tall, and soooo much belly. LOL It has nowhere to go but forward (and width-wise I guess..but yikes!)

they are so cute at that age.

cherbear ~ So funny you bring up the raspberry leaf tea. I was literally just looking at a website that had written stuff about that a couple of hours ago! Here are the two links I found:

http://http://www.sharedjourney.com/nat/herbal.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4970468_use-herbal-remedies-infertility-pregnant.html

So I called Dr.K's office this morning and spoke with the nurse this afternoon. I need to wait until AF comes again, which I knew, and then they will start me on Clomid for that round but for this month we are on our own and workin' with "the machine". It's kinda what I figured any way because considering I was just out for 2 weeks I can't see the boss looking kindly on me leaving early or coming in late for a while.

Hope everyone is doing well! Thanks for all the welcome backs. At least we get to ride this roller coaster together!

E

thanks! I'm gonna check those out. I guess maybe it wouldn't make that much of a difference just taking it two days, and I may not even be able to find it in my area today anyway. I know I can get fish oil though.

I hear you on taking time off from work. I was SO relieved when they said come back Thursday (since I'm already off then). I had a holiday to use from the 1st...and then I am already off every other Friday so I'll be off 4 days straight!

I had tried the red raspberry leaf tea (well sort of). I just drank it about every other day for about ten days leading up to ovulation, so I didn't give it a really good try. Obviously it didn't get me pregnant But I think you are supposed to drink more of it on a consistent basis, I eventually ran out and I haven't bought more yet. It didn't taste bad or anything.

Good luck Cherbear, if you do get pregnant and tell your mom on her birthday, you should get a cake (or make one) and have them pipe on it "Happy Birthday Grandma" - that would be such a cute surprise! (unless she already is a grandma, then it could just be "we're having a baby") - you were the one whose mom's birthday was coming up, right?

...Okay so I am obsessed with coming up with cute little ideas of how I would eventually surprise my husband or parents with the news. I have had to stop doing this because I get really excited about it and then really disappointed when I don't get to use my ideas I have turned into a crazy person!

Yep that was me! I actually found a cake on Betty Crocker called a Praline & Cream shortcake. And she LOVES pralines & cream icecream so I thought about making this for her. Just to make it extra special though. I wasn't going to put anything on it b/c we already have a way to surprise her. My DH found a Grandma pendant back before we did our first IUI (we had been hoping to give it to her for Christmas). I still need a chain for it but it is pretty and I think my mom would FLIP when she opens it. Ideally I'd love to be able to give it to her for her birthday, but we'll still use it as our way of telling her no matter when we get a BFP.

I love coming up with stuff too, but mainly just THINKING about it. When I talk to DH about it, he says "let's just wait til we get pregnant first" (not in a mean way of course, he says it with a grin, knowing that I am just so eager for all of this)

 

[Kronk's girl]

dy off then). I love coming up with stuff too, but mainly just THINKING about it. When I talk to DH about it, he says "let's just wait til we get pregnant first" (not in a mean way of course, he says it with a grin, knowing that I am just so eager for all of this)

That sounds just like my DH...I used to bug him about ideas for our future children's Halloween costumes, how to surprise them with their first Disney trip, or even "argue" over baby names, and he would always remind me that I was getting ahead of myself. We haven't had one of those silly arguments in a long time and to be honest, I miss them- and I think he does too. If I ever do get pregnant, we'll have a lot to catch up on

 

[WDWorBUST]

Yesterday my sister needed a ride to work so I took her in and picked her up. I was so mad at our conversation on the way home though....and honestly I think it was just kind of insensitive of her....but then I think about the fact that my world may revolve around TTC not everyones does. And honestly I haven't talked about it at all since my miscarriage in April.

She says "we have a girl who just found out she is pregnant in December at the office.....and she's due in two weeks" Me....AND?? She is 44 and really in shock. Okay....nice.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Yesterday my sister needed a ride to work so I took her in and picked her up. I was so mad at our conversation on the way home though....and honestly I think it was just kind of insensitive of her....but then I think about the fact that my world may revolve around TTC not everyones does. And honestly I haven't talked about it at all since my miscarriage in April.

She says "we have a girl who just found out she is pregnant in December at the office.....and she's due in two weeks" Me....AND?? She is 44 and really in shock. Okay....nice.

 

[Leger13]

Mrs. C ~ so glad to hear that the ultrasound went good and things are progressing. I hope you continue to get good news with the weekly ultrasounds.

WDW ~ sorry you are feeling so down right now. I know that feeling SO so so well. Sometimes it seems like, without some sort of magic it just will never happen. It's so hard to stay positive when you get let down month after month. I hope you find something to brighten your spirits.

Skuttle ~ that is awesome about your 10 year anniv trip! How exciting. I think you are doing good by taking a break and focusing on the trip and having fun. Those kinds of trips are so good to bring us back down to earth and have some time to not be depressed about TTC or worry about our cycles or think about this crap 24/7.

As for me ~ sorry I have been awol lately. My brain just isn't functioning right these days. I'm so pre-occupied thinking or trying not to think about my RE appointment on Friday. I just don't know how to feel about it. On one hand, I want to feel excited but on the other I don't want to let myself get excited for fear that this just doesn't work for us. I'm trying to keep myself level headed about it all so I have a shorter fall if the first IUI doesn't work.

 

[Leger13]

Also:

Cheri ~ so glad you are here.

 

[Kronk's girl]

WDWorBust- , what a silly thing to say to someone when you know they are TTC , apparently your sister wasn't thinking.

Ledger- I hope your RE appointment brings you some good news.

At the grocery store last night I threw some more Red Raspberry Leaf Tea into the cart after we talked about it on here- can't hurt right? I am going to do what it says and drink two cups a day.

Baby dust to everyone! And good luck with the trip planning Skuttle! Disney is such a great distraction

 

[esbrick]

Woke up this am and used "the machine". Holy Crapballs it was Go Time! Got back to bed and told DH he was getting lucky for the next couple of days Always seems to happen when Meg is coming over. Poor kid, she's gonna have to go play at her friend's house instead of doing homework again!

(TMI Time) So after watching the Today show with my feet in the air for 10 minutes went into the shower and did a tummy rub and made up a song to get the swimmers in the mood for the journey. I know, I know I'm one bottle short of a 6 pack, but at the time it worked for me

WDW ~ Sorry bout your sister. Sometimes people get preoccupied and don't realize what they are saying because they want it back to the way it "used to be". Like if we weren't TTC right now or haden't been through what we are going through we may react different. Who knows after thinking aobut it later she may have had a V8 moment and been annoyed with herself.

cherbear & kronk's girl ~ I'm going to get some raspberry leaf tea this weekend and start taking it just to prepare for next month if this months work out session doesn't work

Leger13 ~ Thinking of you! It's a big step and it's worth it. Think good thoughts

Mrs.C ~ How are you? Any updates?

Kiki ~ Hope you are good too! How you feelin?

D&DD ~

Allison ~ Have you visited the Disney Cruise line forum? Have you gotten your fish extender? We are still debating on whether or not we are going in April. I may have to postpone as there is a big Beer convention on that week where we live and my company is sponsoring some events. Oh well! Just means the following week we can really relax a bit!

Baby Dust ladies!

E

 

[Mrs. Charming]

esbrick-- You go girl!! Get busy!! Good luck and LOTS of pixie dust!

As for me, I'm exhausted and nauseated all the time. I coughed a little this morning and it turned into a full-on barf. LOL. I go in for my 6 week u/s tomorrow, and I'm praying for a heartbeat.

Good luck to all of you! Here's some baby dust!!

 

[D&DDisney]

Yesterday my sister needed a ride to work so I took her in and picked her up. I was so mad at our conversation on the way home though....and honestly I think it was just kind of insensitive of her....but then I think about the fact that my world may revolve around TTC not everyones does. And honestly I haven't talked about it at all since my miscarriage in April.

She says "we have a girl who just found out she is pregnant in December at the office.....and she's due in two weeks" Me....AND?? She is 44 and really in shock. Okay....nice.

That was an insensitve thing to say.
On the other hand, I am a little excited to hear that a 44 year old is pregnant. Gives me hope!!!! Sorry, so little to hope with lately.

At the grocery store last night I threw some more Red Raspberry Leaf Tea into the cart after we talked about it on here- can't hurt right? I am going to do what it says and drink two cups a day.

Now you tell me. After I just went grocery shopping.
Heck, we're all going to end up drowning ourselves in this stuff aren't we??

Woke up this am and used "the machine". Holy Crapballs it was Go Time! Got back to bed and told DH he was getting lucky for the next couple of days Always seems to happen when Meg is coming over. Poor kid, she's gonna have to go play at her friend's house instead of doing homework again!

(TMI Time) So after watching the Today show with my feet in the air for 10 minutes went into the shower and did a tummy rub and made up a song to get the swimmers in the mood for the journey. I know, I know I'm one bottle short of a 6 pack, but at the time it worked for me


E

Too funny!! You've now taken Charming's place as our entertainment.

Nothing new to report here. I think today and tomorrow are "good days" so I'll have to consult the test strips. Don't have a fancy MACHINE like E does.

 

[esbrick]

esbrick-- You go girl!! Get busy!! Good luck and LOTS of pixie dust!

As for me, I'm exhausted and nauseated all the time. I coughed a little this morning and it turned into a full-on barf. LOL. I go in for my 6 week u/s tomorrow, and I'm praying for a heartbeat.

Good luck to all of you! Here's some baby dust!!

Mrs. C ~ Thinking of you today! Please let us know how it goes!

E

 

[esbrick]

So "the machine" says go time, the strips say not so much but heck what have we gots to lose right? Not like it's root canal or somethin!

D&DD ~ machine & strips, I do both cause that's the way I roll The machine was given to me by a friend who used it otherwise I would be all strips all the time

So Meg and I were talking last night b4 I took her to practice and she said to me "So, how's it going? How you feelin?" I looked at her and said I was fine and then she looked at me and said "you sure?" Then it clicked! She was so cute I looked at her and told her that last month was a bust, this month we were on our own and saying prayers and staying postitive and that if this month didn't work next month would be the "crazy drugs" She said "ok, I'll say my prayers too"

Still talking to the swimmers. . . keep that 5 pack cold for me!

 

[Kronk's girl]

Now you tell me. After I just went grocery shopping.
Heck, we're all going to end up drowning ourselves in this stuff aren't we??

I also bought a giant bag of yams because last cycle I ovulated early and I had just eaten a bunch of yams at the time...yes I know this makes me crazy!

So Meg and I were talking last night b4 I took her to practice and she said to me "So, how's it going? How you feelin?" I looked at her and said I was fine and then she looked at me and said "you sure?" Then it clicked! She was so cute I looked at her and told her that last month was a bust, this month we were on our own and saying prayers and staying postitive and that if this month didn't work next month would be the "crazy drugs" She said "ok, I'll say my prayers too"

That is so sweet- good luck, we are all rooting for you!

 

[KiKi Mouse]

Just watched Doctor Oz.
There was a small segment on a couple who have been TTC for 18 months.
They did an analysis on the couple and it turns out the husband has "sluggish sperm". Is there a better term for that because I don't care for it.
Anyhoo...

They had a fertility doctor on there who said that there are more options out there to treat infertility other than IVF but then went on to say that her clinic will be treating this couple and offering them IVF at no charge.

The couple will be followed by the show.

The episode is not worth tracking down and watching. It was so short and didn't get into much. It honesly made it sound like it was no big whoop. Most people going through IVF have been through hell to get there and it doesn't always work.

I digress...
But may be interesting to see how things go. I am sure it will be perfect because it's for the show. ugh.

 

[si-am]

Are you guys finding the raspberry leaf tea in regular grocery stores? I haven't looked for it-- I just assumed I'd need to go to an herbal store or something to get it.

I have tried Mucinex and also Evening Primrose Oil, both of which are supposed to help with CM. Haven't gone beyond that, though, as far as supplements and diet.

My RE told me the two things that will most prohibit fertility are: caffeine (I always heard caffeine was bad but she said it's worse than alcohol for some complicated reason I can't remember) and Advil, of all things. (Again, can't remember. But she said Tylenol is much better.)

I haven't been all that great about reducing caffeine consumption but I'm going to try for real now. Nice to know she wasn't too concerned about alcohol, since I have a glass of wine daily!

 

[D&DDisney]

Are you guys finding the raspberry leaf tea in regular grocery stores? I haven't looked for it-- I just assumed I'd need to go to an herbal store or something to get it.

I have tried Mucinex and also Evening Primrose Oil, both of which are supposed to help with CM. Haven't gone beyond that, though, as far as supplements and diet.

My RE told me the two things that will most prohibit fertility are: caffeine (I always heard caffeine was bad but she said it's worse than alcohol for some complicated reason I can't remember) and Advil, of all things. (Again, can't remember. But she said Tylenol is much better.)

I haven't been all that great about reducing caffeine consumption but I'm going to try for real now. Nice to know she wasn't too concerned about alcohol, since I have a glass of wine daily!

Oh no!!! I can't give up caffeine completely!!!! I do like the idea of 1 glass of red wine per day!!!
Now what is it about the rasberry leaf tea that makes it so good???

 

[Kronk's girl]

Are you guys finding the raspberry leaf tea in regular grocery stores? I haven't looked for it-- I just assumed I'd need to go to an herbal store or something to get it.

I thought I'd have to go somewhere special the first time too, but then I just looked in the herbal tea section at my regular grocery store and they had it. -Good Luck!

 

[cherbear]

Mrs C how did your U/s go?

Today I went for my u/s and bloodwork, and it turns out that my follicles STILL aren't ready. I have to go back Monday for another ultrasound and bloodwork, and just HOPING I'm about to ovulate on my own Monday so I can just have the IUI that day. If not then I'll have the trigger Monday and IUI on Tuesday.

The doc thinks the cold snap we had here probably put some stress on my body and caused my follicles to develop slowly this time.

It sucks but I'm dealing. My boss wasn't thrilled with me going in late next Monday, but obviously I gotta do what I gotta do.