TTC thread take 2

[Kronk's girl]

Ah! Lucky duckies with WDW trips

Well I did ovulate last night, so the wait begins. I am going to get some pre-seed and also call my doctor and see if they think it is even worth it for me to stay on the clomid. I ovulate on my own on day 16 and the clomid bumps it up to day 15. And now if I have to start sucking down primrose oil, robitussin or mucinex too, what's the point?

We'll see what they say I guess. I hope everyone is feeling good and having a good week. I am thinking of you all, as usual, and wishing good things for all of us!

 

[D&DDisney]

Ah! Lucky duckies with WDW trips

Well I did ovulate last night, so the wait begins. I am going to get some pre-seed and also call my doctor and see if they think it is even worth it for me to stay on the clomid. I ovulate on my own on day 16 and the clomid bumps it up to day 15. And now if I have to start sucking down primrose oil, robitussin or mucinex too, what's the point?

We'll see what they say I guess. I hope everyone is feeling good and having a good week. I am thinking of you all, as usual, and wishing good things for all of us!

Good luck!! Fingers crossed!!!

 

[skuttle]

Ah! Lucky duckies with WDW trips

Well I did ovulate last night, so the wait begins. I am going to get some pre-seed and also call my doctor and see if they think it is even worth it for me to stay on the clomid. I ovulate on my own on day 16 and the clomid bumps it up to day 15. And now if I have to start sucking down primrose oil, robitussin or mucinex too, what's the point?

We'll see what they say I guess. I hope everyone is feeling good and having a good week. I am thinking of you all, as usual, and wishing good things for all of us!

I always O'd on my own as well. Before I did Clomid, my Dr did one monitored unmedicated cycle to see what my follicles did on their own. I never reached her "magic number" of 20mm. With the Clomid, I always got bigger (and I assume better) follicles. Of course, my clomid IUIs didn't work so who knows!

 

[MommaSnowwhite]

Kronks - I am crossing fingers, toes and whatever else I can for you!

 

[esbrick]

Ah! Lucky duckies with WDW trips

Well I did ovulate last night, so the wait begins. I am going to get some pre-seed and also call my doctor and see if they think it is even worth it for me to stay on the clomid. I ovulate on my own on day 16 and the clomid bumps it up to day 15. And now if I have to start sucking down primrose oil, robitussin or mucinex too, what's the point?

We'll see what they say I guess. I hope everyone is feeling good and having a good week. I am thinking of you all, as usual, and wishing good things for all of us!

I'm pretzeled for yas!

 

[KiKi Mouse]

When I was on Clomid it was it double my chances in the hope I would pop out two eggs every month. Not sure if I did but I did get pregnant twice on it.

 

[esbrick]

Morning ladies! Hope everyone is doing well! I have a tour & tasting this eveing with a group of parent's for Meg's school. . .I've mentioned I work at a brewery right? Should be a fun night We are taking Meg off to the bus tomorrow to go to sleep away camp. Going to miss her goofy face next week, but not the attitude. Since my cousin is staying with us for a few weeks she is very territorial over all of us and doesn't like that the 4 year old is getting so much attention. Cute in a 4 year old, not so much a 13 year old. Uggg this to shall pass. . .

I spoke with my gynie, who is also a midwife, and my RE this week. I asked my RE if I were his wife or daughter what would he council me to do. He told me that his reccomendation would be for me to talk to one of his psychologists so we could make a truely informed emotional decision about our next steps, donor egg or adoption. I asked both of them about going to a homeopathic dr. They both said that it would be a good idea, however, the homeopathic meds would not give me more eggs, which I knew, but weird to hear., but would prepare my uterus to be more fertile to accept the donor egg if we chose to do that. I thought I'd be really upset but I'm ok because I have figured out that if we can do this financially we are going to go the way of the donor egg. Now here's the touchy part. My cousin, who is staying with us, offered to donate eggs to me. What a wonderful gift and truely I am moved beyond words, but. . ., and you knew it was coming right? I don't think I want to share this with her. I'm not sure if she could separate the parent and child thing and there is really only one person I would want to/could share it with and she is too old unfortunately to donate. Besides the fact that my cousin lives in Ireland so it would make this a very difficult process anyway. Mike and I want to use an anomyous donor so that we can completely own this process. I think that if we shared this with someone close to us that it brings someone in to close. . . Does this make any sence? It's totally our issue but part of this whole process is being comfortable with our decisions. I'm so nervous about the financial part. We would have to pay for the "donor egg" but the procedures and meds are covered.

Sorry for the long post. . . It helps to write. As I write I think more and things become more clear.

 

[MommaSnowwhite]

E - It sounds like you have a really good grip on this. You are so inspiring for me - you keep you head hgh and thoughts positive. Thanks.

I understand not wanting your cousin to be a part of it. I think I would want it to be a donor I didn't know. keeps things cleaner.

Best of luck!


Only about 4 days left in my 2WW.

 

[skuttle]

E, I can tell you've given your situation a lot of thought. Whenever you decide to move forward, I can tell that it will definitely be the right decision for you and your family. If I did a donor (egg or sperm) I wouldn't want to know the person either. That could get too complicated, IMO. Don't stress too much about the financial stuff. You'll find a way to make it work.

 

[tinytreasures]

E, I can tell you've given your situation a lot of thought. Whenever you decide to move forward, I can tell that it will definitely be the right decision for you and your family. If I did a donor (egg or sperm) I wouldn't want to know the person either. That could get too complicated, IMO. Don't stress too much about the financial stuff. You'll find a way to make it work.

I agree bringing family in would be so hard
wish there was a easy answer for you
listen to your gut it will lead you down the right path
the money will be there some way, some how you just have to believe

 

[D&DDisney]

Oh E!!! I am so glad that some "windows" are opening up for you. Now you just have to decide which one to go with.
I'm with you on the egg donor. Family or friends make it way too complicated.

 

[Leger13]

E,

I wanted to pop in and tell you that I have been thinking of you and praying for you. I pray that God shows you the correct path to take to getting that beautiful baby that you dream of. All of the ladies here deserve to be mamas!! But I know you have been through an emotional roller coaster here as of late with the IVF stuff. I do check in from time to time but try to keep my posting to a minimum. I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you and praying for you and all of the other ladies here.

 

[esbrick]

Thank you so much for your thoughts and your prayers. They have added to my confidence immencely! We have made the decision to wait on pursuing this option until our guests leave, quite possibly until around November so that we can make sure we have funds available and get my self ready. I am going into this with the reality that it may not happen but with the hope that if it does, this is going to more than likely (never close down an option!) be a one time deal. I also want to wait until my cousin has gone home to start this process.

I could not have gotten to this point without you and I want you to know how each of you and your stories, your successes and heart breaks have made me stronger.

 

[Kronk's girl]

Hi ladies,

Just popping in to say hi. Esbrick- I hope this all works out. I'll be thinking of you. Maybe it will be nice to relax a little until November.

I hope everyone is doing alright. I still have a week to wait. I am crossing my fingers for you MommaSnowWhite, any news from anyone else?

 

[MommaSnowwhite]

Well, AF showed up this morning.

I'm not sure where this leaves us. DH and I have been talking about what we want to do now. We really don't know. We have been so focused for 2 years on TTC that we decided to try to think what it wouldbe like if we don't get pregnant. Just change our perspective for a while - see how it feels.


Kronks, I am crossing my fingers for you!

 

[esbrick]

Well, AF showed up this morning.

I'm not sure where this leaves us. DH and I have been talking about what we want to do now. We really don't know. We have been so focused for 2 years on TTC that we decided to try to think what it wouldbe like if we don't get pregnant. Just change our perspective for a while - see how it feels.


Kronks, I am crossing my fingers for you!

So sorry. . .

 

[Kronk's girl]

I'm sorry MommaSnowWhite. That stinks.

I know exactly what you mean though about changing perspective. If this cycle is a bust, I think I am going to stop the clomid and just and focus on other things for a while. I don't mean to be dramatic, because I know it's only been 2 years for us and it could still definitely happen (and I sure hope it does!).

I just want to try not to think about it so much (if that is even possible!), but if becoming parents never happens for us, I don't want to build it up so much that it feels like it is the end of the world. In reality I know there are other roads in life and we'll be fine.

Now...how to get it out of my head

 

[MommaSnowwhite]

I'm sorry MommaSnowWhite. That stinks.

I know exactly what you mean though about changing perspective. If this cycle is a bust, I think I am going to stop the clomid and just and focus on other things for a while. I don't mean to be dramatic, because I know it's only been 2 years for us and it could still definitely happen (and I sure hope it does!).

I just want to try not to think about it so much (if that is even possible!), but if becoming parents never happens for us, I don't want to build it up so much that it feels like it is the end of the world. In reality I know there are other roads in life and we'll be fine.

Now...how to get it out of my head

That is the tough part. I did call the RE today and left a message to find out his opinion on the nest step - should we want to take it. I want to make an informed decision.

For me the big 40 is looming this fall and it scares the carp out of me to think what that could mean for the baby. Although my DH keeps reminding me - a couple of months won't make a difference.

I also know that we are lucky in the sense that this is secondary infertility. We have 2 older DD's. They both really want to be big sisters again, so this stinks for them too. I just don't want them to remember me from this time as a crazy Mom because of the hormones and stress.

Anyway, good luck Kronks! Thanks for listening!

 

[D&DDisney]

Well, AF showed up this morning.

I'm not sure where this leaves us. DH and I have been talking about what we want to do now. We really don't know. We have been so focused for 2 years on TTC that we decided to try to think what it wouldbe like if we don't get pregnant. Just change our perspective for a while - see how it feels.


Kronks, I am crossing my fingers for you!

That is the tough part. I did call the RE today and left a message to find out his opinion on the nest step - should we want to take it. I want to make an informed decision.

For me the big 40 is looming this fall and it scares the carp out of me to think what that could mean for the baby. Although my DH keeps reminding me - a couple of months won't make a difference.

I also know that we are lucky in the sense that this is secondary infertility. We have 2 older DD's. They both really want to be big sisters again, so this stinks for them too. I just don't want them to remember me from this time as a crazy Mom because of the hormones and stress.

Anyway, good luck Kronks! Thanks for listening!

So sorry things didnt' work out this month.
Oh I so know where you are coming from on the secondary infertility and being 40. Hang in there!!!

 

[ead79]

Just checking back in with you ladies...

I took the Provera, so now it's a waiting game. Apparently it can take up to 2 weeks to work. If AF doesn't arrive within 2 weeks, they do another round of Provera. If that doesn't work, I see the doctor and we go from there.

Of course I'm hoping AF kicks in so we can get back to TTC. But I'm just trying really hard to not stress about it. I figure stress isn't likely to help AF show up, lol!