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@Mrs. D: welcome back!! We have been a quiet bunch with some of our ringleaders getting pregnant (yay!) and a few of us taking breaks or moving to IVF. I'm in the latter!

We are still "trying" until IVF in Jan but not doing anything special. I'll chime in as a cheerleader as not POAS this month.

My favorite holiday activity is decorating my house while drinking champagne!

@Mrs. D: Welcome back and lots of Cheering you on!!
@dc yoga bee: much luck to you too!!!

Cycle Day:13
TTC Cycle #:8
POAS Date: 12/5
Baby #: 1
Your plan: DH and I are BD every other day, and I'm trying to stay calm. The staying calm part is failing pretty hard. It looked like my body geared up to ovulate, I had so much EWCM on CD 9 and CD 10, and now it is gone. =[ Opks look almost positive since CD 10 but they are just hovering...Not really sure what is going on. Debating on whether to schedule an appointment with my obgyn.
Favorite Holiday activity: Baking! Then, eating the things I baked =]

@doxielove: internet high five for being last women standing!
I'm at 3+years. Good luck to you. I know the financial part is so hard to swallow. We are all out of pocket as well. I have found some people who have donated meds saving me around $8k! It's still 10k for the actual procedure so we only get one go around unfortunately . I'm just praying we will get more than one embryo so if it doesn't take we will get another go round!

@Mrs. D: I could only hope!! We are still trying even though odds are low this month.

@Mrs. D: ugh that's sucks. It's hard enough ttc when you are both around at the same time. I can't even imagine how frustrating that could be.

@Revel: we start testing next month. My DH seems a bit uncomfortable with that idea.

We didn't have issues getting pregnant with our first, but did have problems staying pregnant, so this round has been a completely new process. Good luck!

Hi everyone! I'm new and finally decided to take the plunge and join for some moral support
Cycle Day: 2
TTC Cycle #: 7
POAS Date: I've decided to refrain unless AF is late. POAS was becoming an emotional rollercoaster with hanging onto false hope with negative early testing.
Baby #: 1
Your plan: try to relax & try to limit my wine (I usually have 1 or max 2 glasses in the evenings but that is the only "bad" thing I do)
Favorite Holiday activity: Spending time with friends and family

And there it is!

@Mrs. D: my gallbladder wasn't functioning before and I already deal with celiac and it's side effects, so I hope the eating side of things won't be too awful.

I'm just eager to be able to move without fearing my belly button is going to rip off. That's been the worst part so far. And sleeping since the belly button thing happens every time I move.

My mom thought I did a crappy job of scrubbing off the iodine, but no. My belly button has just been bruised this weird yellow color. It looks jaundiced!

@Mrs. K: For the rest of this year, it seems like holidays and vacation have been able to preoccupy my mind. Before that I would try to hang out with my friends as much as possible, coffee dates, or hosting coffee and breakfast at my house. Also, finding something good to watch on netflix has helped a little. I've also been planning little dates for myself when I get my period. Last month I got my nails done, and that was a fun little treat.

@MaryM: I watched the entire season of "The Crown" which is about Queen Elizabeth when she became the Queen. It was really good! I also watched "Stranger Things" which was also fantastic! I don't have cable TV so all I have is Netflix, so we watch all our TV shows through Netflix. I've been thinking about diving into "Downton Abbey", and I've also been watching "Walking Dead" too. I guess I'm a bit of a TV junkie.

@MaryM: Can you buy a web subscription of ESPN or something? I guess I'm lucky that DH doesn't really like sports. The only thing he watches are the surf competitions which are all online for free so he just streams them to the TV through the chrome cast.

@Tionn3: I'll have to check out those series on Netflix! I also watched Stranger Things and loved it! And this is probably old news but have you watched Jane the Virgin? That show always cheers me up I'm going to try to keep busy during these next few months and really just keep perspective on everything... after all- my life has been pretty great thus far without kids and I don't want my everything to revolve around having a baby. I do believe it will happen when the time is right. Just have to remind myself of this!

What is everyone's favorite holiday recipe? Any fun holiday traditions your family has this time of year?