https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:09:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1951769 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:05:52 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1951769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: congrats! Thinking sticky thoughts for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1951612 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:25:27 +0000 travellingbee 1951612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: @AmeliaBedilia: @alohaorchid: Thanks ladies. VERY cautiously excited. My first beta numbers weren't great so just crossing everything that it sticks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1951566 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:43:47 +0000 AmeliaBedilia 1951566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: So happy for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1950331 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:03:31 +0000 alohaorchid 1950331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Congrats!! I actually just came here to respond to your post to me and I saw this. Awesome news! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1950150 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:20:54 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1950150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Yay! Congrats!!! :grin: :goodluck: :heart: Wishing you a H&amp;H 9months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1950142 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:06:09 +0000 travellingbee 1950142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I am not starting IUI the cycle! I guess the HSG and the acupuncture helped! </p> [attach=3175/14/nfaf29.600x450.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1947279 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:02:10 +0000 travellingbee 1947279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alohaorchid: Well, supposedly in this new cycle. I should get AF any day now and then we are supposed to start the injectables. However, I do have to have a hysteroscopy done on day 5ish and while it shouldn't impact the IUI cycle, if they find something else during that, it might. Like if I need to have a D&amp;C, then we'd not be able to proceed. Fingers crossed that it is just a little, easy-to-remove polyp that doesn't affect anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1947212 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:37:51 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1947212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alohaorchid: Thanks!<br /> It's hard, but also really freeing to come to that point. I hope and pray you will have a child soon, but it does take some of the pressure off to not NEED it so much. Hugs to you! 3 years is a long time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1947121 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:51:53 +0000 alohaorchid 1947121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: I love accupuncture, so relaxing! How much longer until you can start your IUI cycle?</p> <p>@sarac: Congratulations to you! It sounds like we have the same MFI issue so it's good to know there's hope. </p> <p>@Mrs. Pinata: I think we do have a lot of pregnant bees who have graduated from us, which is awesome! I'm sorry about your DH's numbers not being great but hopefully the one you need was in there :) I know exactly how you're feeling about things, we have now passed the three year mark and I don't even think about the TTW anymore and I'm definitely feeling like either way, if we have a child or not, we're fine. I'm actually finding myself leaning towards the side of no kids, which is oddly enough giving me some kind of peace and clarity.</p> <p>@Crystal: fx for good news from your doctor and your dh's test results! As for asking about progesterone now, it can't hurt to at least ask and see what your doctor thinks. GL!</p> <p>@mrs bunchy: *hugs* I'm sorry you're going through this :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946866 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:54:05 +0000 Crystal 1946866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pinata: it really is truly unfair. =(</p> <p>I'm so glad you will get some- Every little bit helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946819 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:42:43 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1946819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs bunchy: I'm so sorry. :( It totally stinks when you just have to wait and can't move forward with anything. Sending you hugs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946817 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:42:00 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1946817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: Yes, true. But, everything (including diagnostics) has been out-of-pocket so far, so this will be really huge for us! Honestly, it's just seriously unfair that issues with the reproductive system is considered "elective". :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946800 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:26:52 +0000 Crystal 1946800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs bunchy: big hugs. Be kind to yourself. </p> <p>@travellingbee: I totally understand that feeling. Bug hugs. </p> <p>@Mrs. Pinata: that's great you have insurance coverage!</p> <p>It sucks that even with coverage, it's still ridiculously expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946787 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:17:16 +0000 mrs bunchy 1946787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just dropping in to say I'm still here!! Just got AF the other day. Have to hold off on hysteroscopy due to schedule conflicts.</p> <p>Hope everyone is well. Feeling a tad down here.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946772 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:02:24 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1946772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: I'm so sorry. :( I hope you have success on your first IUI! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946771 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:02:09 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1946771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: Yeah, we'll definitely want to do at least 1-2 IUIs before moving on to something different. BUT, we might wait until the New Year. We were just SHOCKED to find out that our insurance will cover some IF treatment in 2015, which is a HUGE surprise to us and HUGE blessing as we've gone the majority of our marriage with either totally crappy insurance or even NO insurance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946671 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:27:00 +0000 travellingbee 1946671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a bfn this morning so just waiting for AF so we can move on to the IUI cycle. Not at all unexpected. But still stings a bit anyway. I still held a kernel of hope that we might get pregnant without intervention. Oh well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946551 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:30:45 +0000 Crystal 1946551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: that's such wonderful news! Congrats!</p> <p>@Mrs. Pinata: FX for you! Do you think you will you try another cycle to see if DHs numbers get better? </p> <p>@babycanuck: id probably make DH all his favorite baked goods with a travel mug with pictures of our life together. </p> <p>I do feel like the thread is a lot smaller, or at least not as active (says a lurker and occasional poster, lol). </p> <p>I guess I'll be the first to admit I'm listening to Christmas music pretty much non stop. I love this time of year. </p> <p>I had an hsg done last Monday, and according to the person doing the procedure everything looks good except for a tiny cyst. My dr is supposed to call me to verify the results, so I should hopefully hear from him in the next few days. </p> <p>DH had an SA early last week, so FX everything looks good. </p> <p>We won't be able to afford to start anything until February or March, but I'm wondering if I should talk to my dr about using P now. He thought I might have an issue because even though I don't start spotting until right before AF, my temp drops significantly a few days before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1946237 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:05:02 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1946237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Great news! Congrats!</p> <p>Yes, I definitely think this group is getting smaller. I guess there are lots of people getting pregnant, so that's good! </p> <p>We had our IUI on Monday and I suppose it went fine. But, we found out that DH's number had gotten worse since the last time we checked in May. Figures, right? For our IUI in May I had awful progesterone and now that we've gotten it figured out on ME, DH's number are not good at all. ha! </p> <p>I was feeling really sad about it on Monday, but there's nothing we can do about it. We'll still pray that it works, but this isn't our first "go around" that's for sure! Since it's been almost 4 years of TTC now, the TWW isn't really torturous anymore. We would love to be pregnant, but know that even if I never get pregnant, life will still be good. (It takes a LONG time to get to that point though).</p> <p>Good luck to everyone else! And I have to admit, that if I DID have a song on repeat it would be "Shake it off". ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943660 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:37:36 +0000 sarac 1943660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that unexplained infertility is hell. If you have a name for your issue, you know what is wrong, and you know what options you have to try to overcome it. 'Unexplained' just means that medical science doesn't know what's wrong with you, and that's just obnoxious!</p> <p>After 3 years of trying, me with unexplained IF and my husband with medium-terrible morphology, I'm finally pregnant with my second. Just found out this week. As usual, my BPF came after I had totally moved on from the idea of having more children - I was actually a little sad to see it, for a few minutes! Now I'm over it and thrilled, so hopefully it'll stick and work out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943605 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:56:53 +0000 PurplePumps 1943605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babycanuck: Oh, I got it! An assorted basket of cookies! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943554 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:29:23 +0000 babycanuck 1943554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alohaorchid: My periods are 3, maybe 4 days long. Some are heavier than others but for the most part I would say they're pretty light, and I was totally surprised with my diagnosis when I got it.</p> <p>I know that things will work out for you - FX for your blood work and things are clear again, and that you guys can find something to help DH out with his complications. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943528 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:16:13 +0000 travellingbee 1943528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing much going on here. I am at 7DPO. Been doing accupuncture for the past 2 weeks. Just waiting out this cycle so that I can start my IUI/Injectibles cycle!<br /> Song: My DS is obsessed with trains right now and this song Little Red Caboose is running through my head constantly. It's very repetitive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943503 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:08:02 +0000 alohaorchid 1943503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@purplepumps: The thing that's making me wonder if there's something wrong is that my periods are short and light. I'm always very regular (every 28-29 days) with ovulation being on day 13-14 (confirmed with OPK's and temping). However, I was so convinced that I had PCOS because of my oily skin and pain during ovulation, one miscarriage and one CP, and of course I had cysts on my ovaries. But the cysts are gone, and my blood work was all fine.</p> <p>@babycancuck: He wants me to redo the blood work to see if my levels have gone down. He also mentioned today that if we want to go ahead with treatments, he will recommend monitored cycles, Clomid, or Clomid &amp; IUI... but then we run into the issue with my DH and no treatsments. So we're kind of nowhere with it all right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943453 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:50:13 +0000 alohaorchid 1943453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babycanuck: I would probably make something like a gift basket, which kind of isn't really making anything. Or a photo frame/album of our favourite pics/memories. Or a sexy coupon book. </p> <p>I just read your other post. That is a really weird conversation! I don't even know how I would have responded to that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943448 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:48:54 +0000 babycanuck 1943448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>p.s. the unexplained thing totally sucks and if people here hadn't pushed me to go for a second opinion I wouldn't be where I am. Push your dr!!</p> <p>@PurplePumps: That's okay!! If you were going to attempt to make something, what might it be? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943446 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:47:28 +0000 PurplePumps 1943446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alohaorchid: Unexplained is kinda crappy. It seems like *something* should be wrong so there would at least be something to try to fix, so no, it's not weird to want some kind of diagnosis at all!</p> <p>My current repeat songs: Jason Aldean - fly over states, luke bryan - roller coaster, and kenny chesney - you save me.</p> <p>@babycanuck: Make? I haven't got a creative bone in my body, I have no idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943430 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:41:05 +0000 babycanuck 1943430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alohaorchid: that is good news! What are his recommendations with that now for you guys moving forward? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943423 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:39:52 +0000 babycanuck 1943423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is flying! Can't believe it's half done already.</p> <p>Music on repeat? Not Christmas music lol just whatever is on the radio.</p> <p>No updates other than my weirdo conversation with the surgeon I posted in the last thread, all is well in my world and just playing the waiting game!</p> <p>Here's a non-IF question for the posters: If you were going to make a gift for your significant other for the holidays, what would you make? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1113#post-1943420 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:38:31 +0000 alohaorchid 1943420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IF update from me, I just got back from my doctors appointment to find out the results from my ultrasound and bloodwork. Good news is that I don't have PCOS or any IF issues that are standing out. </p> <p>The cysts I had last year have mostly cleared up. I only have one right now and it's 1.7mm, which is smaller than the 2.2mm I had a year ago. All of my hormone levels looked good, with the exception of prolactin which was on the high side. That could be related to stress, or something else but the levels weren't high enough to be alarming. He is going to have me redo it in 2-3 months.</p> <p>I'm a little confused feeling right now. I know we have MFI so I understand why we are still battling IF, but I really thought there was something wrong. It seems weird to be wanting a diagnosis hey?!</p> <p>ETA: my song on repeat right now is Waves by Mr Probz. Christmas music has slowlyyy been creeping in though! </p>