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Hellobee Boards Topic: IF Check In - 5/1 https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:27:49 +0000 Sunshine1810 on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621752 Thu, 08 May 2014 14:36:49 +0000 Sunshine1810 1621752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsMcD: Haha you're welcome! Good luck!!! :happy: Also, make sure your DH takes them with food! My DH decided to start taking them on an empty stomach at first...not a good idea... deactivated_account on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621748 Thu, 08 May 2014 14:35:12 +0000 deactivated_account 1621748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Sunshine1810: Bahahah! You will never get any judgment from me on an issue like this. That's awesome!! Thanks for the info!! Sunshine1810 on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621742 Thu, 08 May 2014 14:33:00 +0000 Sunshine1810 1621742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsMcD: So I am an email hoarder and still had this email from 2011...(don't judge :wink: ): Jackie Gouvea Suzuki <jackieg@dailywellness.com> 11/17/11 to me Hello: Thanks for contacting us with your question. We recommend taking FertilityBlend for Men by itself and not with a multivitamin since FertilityBlend already contains many of the ingredients that are found in a multivitamin. Please let me know if you have any other questions that I may assist you with. Sincerely, Jackie Gouvea Suzuki The Daily Wellness Company 1-800-988-4869 x811 <a href="mailto:jackieg@dailywellness.com">jackieg@dailywellness.com</a> deactivated_account on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621736 Thu, 08 May 2014 14:30:50 +0000 deactivated_account 1621736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Sunshine1810: Oh interesting!!!!!!!! Thanks for telling me that. Maybe Fertility Blend is, itself, a multi-vitamin?? Can you please tell me if your husband takes/took 2 or 4 pills a day? Sunshine1810 on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621715 Thu, 08 May 2014 14:25:41 +0000 Sunshine1810 1621715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsMcD: I can't speak to the morphology, but DH's numbers are always better in general when he is taking Fertility Blend for Men. I contacted the company when he started taking them, and they recommended that he not take a multi on top of it, but I don't know that it would do any harm. I think Fertility Blend is great. deactivated_account on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621705 Thu, 08 May 2014 14:21:25 +0000 deactivated_account 1621705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ So after reading all over HelloBee about morphology issues, I decided to buy DH the following: Fertility Blend for Men from GNC, a new multi-vitamin and a fast absorbing CoQ10. It seems like those things help the sperm. Ugh, I'm praying they do!!! Anyone have any experience with any of these vitamins/ supplements? deactivated_account on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621698 Thu, 08 May 2014 14:18:36 +0000 deactivated_account 1621698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Happygal: I'm so down for a "I'm spinning out into crazy IF orbit" party anytime. Hotline or not, we can still have a party. :wink: @MrsTal: I have no clue what scale was used to measure my DH's morph issue. I'm hoping to find out on Tuesday!! And sorry your first IUI didn't work. It sounds like you have a good game plan, though, with paying for IVF out of pocket. You're awesome! @EmilyE: HelloBee certainly prevents me from getting much done. Its awful but embarrassingly true. @owlteach: Hi lady! Thanks for the welcome. I remember you, too! I'm on CD2 of my 13th cycle! Yikes! How'd I end up here? Well, "morphology" is probably the answer to that question. I'm agitated that we are all on the IF thread, but I'm hopeful we all get to our happy ending soon enough. @lazypanda: and @FliegepilzHut: Thanks for the welcome! @bhbee: I'm really hoping you get good test results tomorrow! :goodluck: @LindsayInNY: I'm so glad you are in the TWW!! :goodluck: @mrs. bird: I'm so glad you got your insurance situation settled and your surgery scheduled! I feel you on the IV anxiety. I once had to have one placed in the top of my hand. I was mortified and nearly hyperventilating. They offered to give me something to help with the pain of the IV and, well, that ended up being a SHOT to numb my hand. A shot in my hand! I died... but actually not... I survived. You will, too! Be strong! @doxielove: Its so awesome you are getting your HSG this week. I'm jealous. I've heard about quite a few people who get pregnant the cycle after the HSG. Wouldn't that be just amazing??? :goodluck: :goodluck: doxielove on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1621003 Thu, 08 May 2014 09:34:14 +0000 doxielove 1621003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Thanks all for the words of wisdom and encouragement! :heart: @bluestriped bee: Great to hear your SHG was all clear! @FliegepilzHut: I suffer from very painful periods. About 50% of the time, my flow is very heavy, too. (Unlike this cycle, where I only had 3 real days of flow - weird!) My doctor suspects endometriosis but seems hesitant to do a lap (we'll discuss that more after my HSG results). I like that he's very minimally invasive. I definitely click with his approach to medicine in general. @alohaorchid: Ugh, I'm really not sure about your time question. I feel like no matter what your age, you'll get pressure from both directions. I know I do! Some people say, "what are you waiting for, you don't want to be an old mom!" and others say, "omg, you're so young, don't have babies yet." Damned if you do, damned if you don't, lol. @Kelli_Deluxe: Thanks for the suggestion. I have come across 1 doctor in my area who does specialize in IF but isn't an RE. I have wavered on switching practices, though. If the time comes where I feel my current doctor isn't really cutting it, I'm not afraid to get a 2nd opinion elsewhere! @mrs. bird: You definitely had a tough decision to make. $1500/month IS a lot, but hopefully getting the surgery over with will give you peace of mind that is priceless! @MrsTal: No advice about the morphology issues, just hugs! @Happygal: My husband is more focused on saving for a house than TTC *sigh* He's indifferent and is sort of letting me take the reins as far as what direction we go in as far as TTC. Don't get me wrong, he's totally supportive! And I agree with you. I WANT to know what we're working with so that if we do come across some extra money in the next few years, we'll be able to pursue treatments (if that's what it comes down to). Aaaaaand I've spent all morning trying to catch up on HB. Back to work! Going in for a pregnancy test over my lunch hour to make sure I'm not KU for my HSG tomorrow. Surprisingly, I'm not nervous at all! Bring on the results! mrs. bird on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620998 Thu, 08 May 2014 09:32:44 +0000 mrs. bird 1620998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ just opened the mail and i am SOOOOOOOO glad we COBRAed! they did cancel our ins retroactively, we would have owed for everything from the 10th of april on even though i kept checking with the ins & it was current. i think my ultrasound alone was $1,300! phew! paying cobra sucks, but we would have had to pay for all those bills anyway. surgery date has been confirmed! **pre-op check in appt wednesday 5/14** to go over the surgery & my instructions for before & after. as foolish as it sounds, the IV is the part i'm most anxious about, i'm going to see what i can take prior to arriving or upon arrival but prior to the IV being placed. i'd rather have no recollection of the entire day. and on a happy note: i'm meeting with someone at school tomorrow so hopefully i can register for my classes :) MrsTal on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620990 Thu, 08 May 2014 09:28:59 +0000 MrsTal 1620990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrs. bird: I know! When I called the first RE to ask they said they usually don't test morphology if the other numbers are good. Our first RE was very old school, our new doctor is more progressive and he's very willing to let us move to IVF. DH and I talked last night and he wants to keep trying naturally while we save for a few months/ apply for grants etc. He said if we had the money we would do ivf now. mrs. bird on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620953 Thu, 08 May 2014 09:17:17 +0000 mrs. bird 1620953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @FliegepilzHut: thank you! mrs. bird on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620950 Thu, 08 May 2014 09:16:17 +0000 mrs. bird 1620950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @owlteach: right back at ya, hun! so glad you, too, are blessed with a generous mama :) you're right, it probably does make them feel good to be able to offer some help @MrsTal: what?!? the first RE never even did a complete SA?? that's insane, how frustrating! maybe REs in areas where IF coverage doesn't exist they move at a slower pace, but three months of clomid & TI, another three of clomid & IUI, then moving on to see other options seems like a loooooong time to be sticking to one med (how many cycles can you take clomid? isn't there a lifetime limit? and after 6 months on it, i'd imagine your lining would be shot :( ). after all our initial testing, at the meeting to go over the findings, we were offered the option of just going right for IVF after i recover from surgery. REs here move fast, that was faster tan i was comfortable with, but i'm glad we didn't have an RE that moved as slowly as your first one! glad you left that guy! what does your husband think? does he have any thoughts on how he'd like to proceed? LindsayInNY on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620743 Thu, 08 May 2014 07:58:43 +0000 LindsayInNY 1620743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ :bfp: BFP :bfp: Faithfertility: Due Date 12/17, saw heartbeat 5/1! Kelli_Deluxe: BFP on 5/4 & 5/5; Beta #2: 5/7 Bhbee: BFP on 5/4, 5/5, 5/6, & 5/7; beta #1: 73 Catchafallingstar: due date 1/15/15 Hanging Out Mrs. Polish Mrs Tal: med free cycle PurplePumps: med free cycle :teamgreen: TWW :teamgreen: FliegepilzHut: med free cycle, POAS 5/14 lazypanda: clomid, trigger, & IUI, POAS 5/14 EmilyE: Letrozole/Femara, Ovidrel trigger, cancelled IUI so timed BD, POAS 5/14? Happygal: injectables, trigger, & IUI, POAS 5/17 LindsayInNY: clomid, TI (IUI cancelled); POAS 5/18? Treatments/Tests/Appointments MrsWin: 5/27 IVF protocol appt; IVF in June/July Leialou: on Lupron for IVF in May; 5/9 blood work Jenn23: going for IVF #2 in a few months doxielove: HSG 5/9, will have action plan for next steps after HSG owlteach: laparoscopy on 5/22 mrs. bird: 5/16 surgery to remove uterine septum, will be taking 2 months off TTC, followed medicated IUI bluestripedbee: no polyps found on 5/5 SHG, gearing up for IUI cycle Fliegelpizhut: RE/IVF consult on 5/15 Snowdrop: consult appt on 5/13 Mrs. Bunchy: RE appt 5/20 Warbler: will be scheduling hysteroscopy to remove suspected polyp Boopers: new OBGYN appt 5/14 CupQuakeWalk: last of testing on 5/23, meeting with RE 10 days later Kelli_Deluxe: doctor's appt 5/8 to discuss beta results :heart: Life & Updates :heart: BhBee: new house, new car, and new life in Texas, birthday month! PurplePumps: upcoming vacation to Jordan Shutterbug: upcoming trip to Mexico Leialou: passed the Real Estate exam :happy: MrsWin: vacation to Spain & France Alohaorchid: brand new house being built Mrs. Bunchy: planning for trip to warm weather doxielove: paid off high interest student loan Warbler: looking for new job Happygal: lazypanda: :heart: wedding anniversary month :heart: LindsayinNY: new job! LindsayInNY on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620741 Thu, 08 May 2014 07:56:09 +0000 LindsayInNY 1620741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Happygal: Things are good!! Got a post-O temp rise today so the TWW is officially starting! We *might* be POAS twins... I'm undecided still! FaithFertility on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620649 Thu, 08 May 2014 06:04:08 +0000 FaithFertility 1620649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lazypanda: We are doing good :) I get to seee the bean again next Tuesday :) @9 weeks FliegepilzHut on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620486 Wed, 07 May 2014 21:52:07 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1620486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsTal: Your doctor sounds like a (perhaps frustratingly) wise man! I wish it were easier to be zen about all this, to have faith that things were going to work themselves out exactly as they should. Getting to the other side of IF is something like equal parts good medicine, good decisions, and good luck... Sounds like you and DH are on the right track! :heart: to you both and :goodluck: :goodluck: !!! Happygal on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620447 Wed, 07 May 2014 21:14:47 +0000 Happygal 1620447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lazypanda: sounds perfect! :wink: MrsTal on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620423 Wed, 07 May 2014 21:00:17 +0000 MrsTal 1620423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Happygal: I've been debating the surgery for a long time. I don't have a good feeling either way about it. @mrs. bird: Our current RE is a second opinion, our first never even tested morphology and wanted us to do 3 clomid cycles w/ TI, 3 iuis and then talk about options. Ugh, this sucks. @owlteach: I hate money. It sucks. If I ever win the lottery I'm spreading it around to the IF ladies. @FliegepilzHut: I'm just so terrified of making the wrong decision but our doctor said we provably won't know until we make the decision and have hindsight. And I feel the same way about trying these things over and over again, it doesn't seem like it will work if regular TI hasn't the last two years. And we have talked about taking out a loan for it but we have been trying to become debt free which is sort of counterintuitive to IF, but we might end up doing it. @lazypanda: We are actually working on a pro/con list :happy: lazypanda on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620368 Wed, 07 May 2014 20:35:47 +0000 lazypanda 1620368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @swedishfish: done! I hope you're doing well. :heart: bhbee on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620349 Wed, 07 May 2014 20:28:40 +0000 bhbee 1620349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @CatchAFallingStar: I think if everything works out for all of us . . . you, @Kelli_Deluxe and I will be due around the same date. I've had 4 chemicals before so I'm pretty nervous, I'll be able to relax more if I get a good second beta (Friday). swedishfish on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/9#post-1620342 Wed, 07 May 2014 20:24:43 +0000 swedishfish 1620342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lazypanda: can you delete my update? Thank you. lazypanda on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620334 Wed, 07 May 2014 20:20:10 +0000 lazypanda 1620334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsMcD: welcome! all the ladies on here are super supportive. I hope your stay is brief, but if not, we're a great group! :heart: @happygal: how about you and I both update, that way, if I'm out for awhile and the thread gets longer, one of us can still keep the list going without having to switch between too many pages? We've got another week of getting by! :heart: @MrsTal: I'm sorry about the WTF appt. Do what you feel is right for you. Or, as you can tell from above, I make a lot of lists, so I would probably make a pros and cons list about the options. :heart: @catchafallingstar: woohoo! :bfp: Sounds like an awesome due date! If I get a BFP, my due date would be 1/21/15. :silly: @faithfertility: glad to see you're around! how is your little sticky bean? :heart: @bhbee: yay for the high betas! FX for both you and @Kelli_Deluxe: :heart: @CupQuakeWalk: when will you be doing IUI? and yay for insurance covering that! @EmilyE: will you be POAS 5/14? I put that down since you said you had about a week left. By the way, for all the ladies, if you don't want some of the info there, please let me know, and I can add/delete the info. :happy: lazypanda on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620314 Wed, 07 May 2014 20:09:35 +0000 lazypanda 1620314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ :bfp: BFP :bfp: Faithfertility: Due Date 12/17, saw heartbeat 5/1! Kelli_Deluxe: BFP on 5/4 & 5/5; Beta #2: 5/7 Bhbee: BFP on 5/4, 5/5, 5/6, & 5/7; beta #1: 73 Catchafallingstar: dude date 1/15/15 Hanging Out Mrs. Polish Mrs Tal: med free cycle PurplePumps: med free cycle :teamgreen: TWW :teamgreen: FliegepilzHut: med free cycle, POAS 5/14 lazypanda: clomid, trigger, & IUI, POAS 5/14 Happygal: injectables, trigger, & IUI, POAS 5/17 EmilyE: Letrozole/Femara, Ovidrel trigger, cancelled IUI so timed BD, POAS 5/14? Treatments/Tests/Appointments MrsWin: 5/27 IVF protocol appt; IVF in June/July Leialou: on Lupron for IVF in May; 5/9 blood work Jenn23: going for IVF #2 in a few months doxielove: HSG 5/9, will have action plan for next steps after HSG owlteach: laparoscopy on 5/22 mrs. bird: 5/16 surgery to remove uterine septum, will be taking 2 months off TTC, followed medicated IUI bluestripedbee: no polyps found on 5/5 SHG, gearing up for IUI cycle LindsayinNY: clomid, TI (IUI cancelled); waiting for genetic testing results Fliegelpizhut: RE/IVF consult on 5/15 Snowdrop: consult appt on 5/13 Mrs. Bunchy: RE appt 5/20 Warbler: will be scheduling hysteroscopy to remove suspected polyp Boopers: new OBGYN appt 5/14 CupQuakeWalk: last of testing on 5/23, meeting with RE 10 days later Kelli_Deluxe: doctor's appt 5/8 to discuss beta results :heart: Life & Updates :heart: BhBee: new house, new car, and new life in Texas, birthday month! PurplePumps: upcoming vacation to Jordan Shutterbug: upcoming trip to Mexico Leialou: passed the Real Estate exam :happy: MrsWin: vacation to Spain & France Alohaorchid: brand new house being built Mrs. Bunchy: planning for trip to warm weather doxielove: paid off high interest student loan Warbler: looking for new job Happygal: lazypanda: :heart: wedding anniversary month :heart: LindsayinNY: new job! ETA: included update FliegepilzHut on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620200 Wed, 07 May 2014 19:07:39 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1620200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsMcD: Welcome! @lazypanda: That sounds like a great progesterone level! I hope this is the one! @mrswin: I'm still hoping to catch up to you for that June/July IVF cycle...after my appt on 5/15, which should be CD2-3 (although I missed a few days temping, so it's impossible to be sure)! @mrs. bird: I'm glad that you're going to go ahead with your surgery. I think that's the call I would have made under the circumstances. Hopefully after your recovery period, you'll be pregnant in no time! :goodluck: @MrsTal: I'm sorry your WTF appointment wasn't more enlightening. :bummed: It sounds like IVF would be a totally reasonable option...of course, with "unexplained" IF (me too), you never know whether something else might suffice... I too am fed up with waiting and not having any idea how much longer I might have to wait... I also don't like the idea of attempting the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results...but that's exactly how some folks get their :bfp: . Stupid, stupid IF. Now I'm just ranting. I wish I had any advice at all... I really wish you didn't have the financial calculus to worry about. Are you at all inclined to borrow money for IVF? @Happygal: Sorry that you had a rough time over the weekend. FX that we're all going to emerge on the othe other side of IF any day now! Look to all these nice pregnant bees in our midst! We'll make it happen! @bhbee: Hooray! That's a great number!!! FX for more good news in a couple of days! @PurplePumps: I second the thought of maybe taking a smaller va-cay now, continuing your cycle, and maybe taking a bigger, better vacation when you're pregnant? I don't think unmedicated IUIs provide much benefit over regular TI, though. Good luck! owlteach on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620192 Wed, 07 May 2014 19:00:51 +0000 owlteach 1620192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsMcD: Welcome, both glad and pissed to see you here ;) If I remember right, we've been at this for about the same amount of time, and its nice to see another relative newbie around these parts...but then again I'm rather agitated that any of us need to be here at all :( Welcome :heart: owlteach on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620187 Wed, 07 May 2014 18:58:57 +0000 owlteach 1620187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @bhbee: WAHOOO :) Sounds like great news! Keep striving for zen :) owlteach on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620185 Wed, 07 May 2014 18:57:29 +0000 owlteach 1620185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsTal: Oh the money :( I wish I had $100,000 around...so we could just skip to IVF, and I could grant it to a few of you around here. We're not at that stage yet, but I know that if we get there, it just isn't going to be an option for us for quite a while :( owlteach on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620184 Wed, 07 May 2014 18:55:37 +0000 owlteach 1620184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrs. bird: I just want to give you a big hug! When we were trying to decide what to do next with my last OB, my mom offered to pay for my HSG, if that was what we really wanted to do, because the fact that I would have to pay out of pocket was killing me. I felt just like you do :( Then I thought, well she really just wants to help, and this is one way that she can, and that someday when I'm a mother I will probably understand...and then I got all sad abut how I may never become a mother...a viscous cycle it all is :( Just know, if she is offering, it's because she wants to help, and, you are NOT alone! PurplePumps on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620171 Wed, 07 May 2014 18:41:08 +0000 PurplePumps 1620171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Happygal: oh I was ready two cycles ago, but dh wanted to try the iui per the doctors recommendation. @FaithFertility: yeah, if I could count on it being only 35 days consistently I might be up for natural cycles, but my last 4 natural were 42-48 days. Even before BC it was rarely less than 40. mrs. bird on "IF Check In - 5/1" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-51/page/8#post-1620160 Wed, 07 May 2014 18:33:10 +0000 mrs. bird 1620160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @PurplePumps: long cycles are so frustrating! you feel like you have fewer opportunities to try since they come around less often. but yay for a shorter cycle! 35 days is great! would a shorter trip still throw off your treatment schedule? @CupQuakeWalk: thank you, i appreciate your positivity! :) i'm a very independent person & it's hard for me to need/accept help, but you're right we have a lost of positive progress to be happy about. also, in positive progress news, i'm going back to school! not full time, but part time, i only work part time, so i figure why not?! :) i think finishing my degree will help me to feel more independent @MrsTal: it must be so hard to decide how to go forward when you haven't gotten a clear idea of what the problem is! that's tough. would a second opinion be an option? @lazypanda: thank you <3 hooray for a great progesterone level! @bhbee: you have every reason to feel anxious, but today, right now, your number looks great and that is a beautiful thing. <3 @Mrs. Jacks: thank you!! @EmilyE: :goodluck: :goodluck: @Happygal: thank you for calling my uterus quirky, that sounds so much better than 'uninhabitable' which is how my brain was describing it ;) so glad you have a helpful family member as well, i can't imagine paying OOP for everything! i have my fingers, toes & everything in between crossed for you! :goodluck: this thread seems full of good luck, hoping some of that goes your way! @FaithFertility: thank you! oh man, i just typed all that one handed because a kitten is asleep in the other :happy: the kittens make all the waiting easier, they make me so happy! also, the weather was awesome today & it's amazing what a difference in mood i feel when it's nice & i have a chance to be outside enjoying it :) hope everyone else had a beautiful day too!