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Hi friends! Sorry to be AWOL the last week or so--busy at work getting ready for vacation, then on vacation, now getting ready to head back home tomorrow. Things are quiet as LO is a little under the weather so I thought I would jump back in.

CD: 22/4dpo or so?
Cycle #: 9 since mmc last year
TTC #: 2
POAS date: 9/13
Backstory: got KU easily first month trying for #2 a year ago, lost the baby to missed m/c found at 12 weeks, had a d&c. No luck since, now 35. Went to doc in August, she thinks we will get KU on our own again and it is taking longer due to age. Hope she is right! If not, will try hsg in a few months.

Plan this month: not great timing due to vacation but not sure how much I trust my chart with a 3 hour time change. I think I could be as much as 6 dpo? We will find out soon enough.

I am also trying to focus on other positives and be more focused on sources of joy other than ttc. I have found our little thread to be helpful with this but sometimes I need some time away from the board to stay distracted!

Favorite thing about the fall: cooling off the scorching weather in the southwest! And going to the pumpkin patch.

@Marfi: thanks for starting this!!

CD: 33 (longest cycle yet)
Cycle #: 11-12? Losing track. It's been a while.
TTC #: 1
POAS date: BETA tmw...
Backstory: DH and I have been ttc for about a year now. We started going to the RE a few weeks ago. I had blood work, DH had a SA done, they did a post-coital test (normal) and they discovered my progesterone is low @ 7 DPO. So they started me on progesterone twice a day. I go back tmw at 14 DPO for a beta. FX.
Plan this month: Waiting it out...
Favorite thing about the fall: Pumpkin everything, apple picking, Halloween, etc.

@MamaCate: Thank you love!

@Crystal: Thanks lady! Blood work is done...they said I'll know either way by this afternoon! I'm expecting a bfn call though...

CD: 15
Cycle #: 18 (#11 post-chemical one year ago this cycle...)
TTC #: 1
POAS date: TBD, the RE usually brings me back 2 weeks post-IUI for blood work testing but I'll be switching insurance companies around then so I think I'm going to have to test myself. September 20 seems like a good day?
Backstory: No back story. Had a chemical pregnancy cycle #7 of trying and nothing since, no issues with DH or I, just unexplained IF.
Plan this month: IUI #2 - in one hour
Favorite thing about the fall: Football season starting!

CD: 7
Cycle #: 7
TTC #: 1
POAS date: Sept. 9
Backstory: Conceived in Dec. when NTNP, miscarriage in Jan/Feb. Been TTC since then with no result.
Plan this month: Take it easy. Just temping (it's routine for me) and cheap opks. I have my WTF appointment with my OBGYN next month. I suspect low Progesterone since I've started spotting early (CD8 last month, CD6 this month)
Favorite thing about the fall: ALL THE THINGS. The weather, my birthday.

@MamaCate: I hear you on needing to step away sometimes

@LindsayInNY: fx for your iui! So hopeful for you after all you have been through!

@nicole112: Major hugs

I was about to catch up on the August thread, after being out of town on vacation, but I see that everyone jumped over to this new thread. Hoping for a fresh month and fresh start for all of us!

CD: CD21, 7DPO/IUI
Cycle #: 14ish
TTC #: 1
POAS date: September 8th
Backstory: Unexplained ovulation issues + DOR. And last cycle determined that I likely have Adenomiosis, although there's nothing that can be done about it anyway. Took 11 cycles trying and injectables + IUI to get pregnant this spring, only to end in m/c in April. This is our first cycle back with the R.E. after our loss.
Plan this month: This month we did pretty much the same protocol that worked last time, 225iu gonal-f injections CD3-11, trigger CD12, and IUI on CD14. Now I'm just on progesterone suppositories, trying to be patient until I can start testing. If this month is a fail, we'll probably just try the same thing again, at least another time or two, since it worked once before.
Favorite thing about the fall: It won't be fall around here for a while (I live in the South), but I'm looking forward to fall clothes like knee high boots and scarves!

@nicole112: I'm so so sorry

CD: trying not to know so I don't stress myself out, but early in TWW.
Cycle #: 18 I think
TTC #: 1
POAS date: haven't decided, but I don't plan to unless I am late
Backstory: first 10-11 months DH was working 1.5 hours ago, so timing was usually decent but a challenge. I've been under a ton of stress. I saw an accupuncturist in July, who helped fix one of my fertility meridians which was out, then I had an anovulatory cycle (first ever), then had to stop accupuncture due to migraines.
Plan this month: modified NTNP. I just started an awesome job, but still dealing with a fair amount of stress, so DH thought we should take a month of just frequent BD and not stress. I did use preseed but haven't done anything else.
Favorite thing about the fall: so many things. Football, weather, food, Thanksgiving.

@nicole112: Uggghhh. Hugs to you, Friend.

I honestly didn't expect to be posting anything today. I thought for sure AF would be here today. I'm cd 31 and didn't even bother testing this morning. Partly because I was not feeling well from the mimosas I had yesterday (I'm not a drinker but apparently yesterday I thought I was!) and partly because I literally cannot stand to see another BFN. I feel like AF is coming. I swear the last days before she comes are cruel and unusual punishment. Kinda had a break down with DH over TTC last night. As usual, he knows just the right thing to say and I felt better before going to sleep. I guess I needed a reminder that it's not anything that can be controlled. And that he, my best friend, was by my side going through this with me. Love him!

So I'll check back in if/when the witch shows!

CD: Don't know
Cycle #: 13
TTC #: 2
POAS date: Don't know yet, waiting to use opks and then decide
Backstory: Have done 12 months of ttc for baby #2, got pregnant at the 12 month point but miscarried at 6 weeks. Bleeding stopped last week so back on the ttc journey. Going to give it another 3 months before getting referred to a fertility clinic (which is hard to think about because lo1 was a surprise while I was on the pill so I'm hating my body at the moment)
Plan this month: I wasn't going to use opks but I've decided I will. The doctor suggested taking this month off but I'd rather not.
Favorite thing about the fall: Spring has just started here and I love all the new growth (pretty flowers, baby animals etc)

Good luck every one!

I wish all you ladies the very best

@Crystal: love your positivity, but hope you won't even need the RE with 2 more attempts b/w now & then!
@LindsayInNY: best of luck on your recent IUI
@MamaCate: I have been feeling like stepping away, too... I sulk & lurk for a bit & then remember that you all get exactly the same range of feelings I do
@organicmama: yay for wonderful hubbies to talk us back off the edge, huh? That will get you two far on this journey. Hope AF stays away.
Lots of luck to everyone else, too!

I'll post my update later today or tomorrow, probably... Been waiting to see what the heck my body is doing with a jump from low fert to peak fert this past weekend. No idea when I actually ovulated this cycle til I get another temp or two, or when/if I'll poas or just wait for AF.

@nicole112: HUGS!!!!

CD: 17
Cycle #: 8 (with a m/c at 6w in May in the middle)
TTC #: 1
POAS date: 9/16?
Backstory: I'm a late-in-the-game ttc'er for #1, being 41, but have been very hopeful we'll get pregnant (again) soon. We both have completed our RE initial assessments & while DH checked out great, I have some signs of DOR & had what I felt was a disappointing HSG with what may be mild blockage of 1 tube & possible adhesions on the other one, keeping the tube a little ways away from my ovary.
Plan this month (& beyond): Our RE suggests IUI for our next cycle (or 2-3, if necessary), & for the first time, I'm kind of looking right over our current cycle, towards the next when I can start Femara & then stim. This month & last I was surprised to O early (& thus not have good lead-up BDing) it looked like by my CBE OPKs jumping to peak fertility after low fertility earlier than I'd expected), so that's been frustrating & maybe yet another good reason to go to medicated cycles, I think. I'm also adding acupuncture & have another appt with my wonderfully intuitive fertility massage therapist soon. She sees twins for us, so I hope she's right (or close to right, even if it's only one baby) that we WILL be successful.
Favorite thing about fall: I like fall, but am totally bumming that summer is nearly behind me already... I have been too busy & didn't get nearly enough of summer fun! Do love breaking out the sweaters & boots, though...