Hellobee Boards

@sweetooth: I always love your suggestions: vacation--yes!! Beers and nachos--yes and yes!!

@shutterbug: shoot. Sorry for the no bueno phone call. Do you have fun things for the weekend planned? How are you feeling? (I ask in a non-pitying voice, I assure you.)

@mrs.someone: that's great news about the new office!

I wish we could wiggle our noses and be transported to a place where we could all share nachos and beers together.

@Mrs.Someone: That's awesome that you got the appointment! Please stop opening the other thread. It's like banging your head against a wall.

@Shutterbug: Oh, the pity call...I think the tone of their voice might be worse than the results. Nachos party for all sounds really great right now!

@Shutterbug: @Happygal: @spaniellove: @sweetooth: YES! Oh I so wish we all lived in the same city.

@Happygal: Yum! Have extra refried beans for me (I can't eat them now). I'm going to make DH take me out tonight too because I need to get out of the house and out of my crappy mood.

I've been assembling Etsy orders and listening to music all afternoon, its definitely making me feel better

@Happygal: Have a great night tonight!!! I am so jealous of your nachos...I haven't had real cheese since June!!!!

@Happygal: Yes! You're doing it! I'm so jealous. My DH is making cheeseburgers because I haven't been able to eat meat in weeks and today is the first day I feel like I can eat it, so burgers!

@Leialou: She sounds like a pretty cool MIL!

Hi all, I'll give my check-in and then go back and read everything

Do you do any holiday baking?
Nope, not yet. I've still always gone home for the holidays and my mom covers the baking. This might be the first year I'm with my husband alone for the holidays (pending IVF plans), so maybe I'll give it a shot.

Does it snow where you live?
Yep, but not excessively.

Any updates?
Today I had my hysterosonogram (sp?). It was more uncomfortable than I expected (cramps), but it was much shorter than I expected too..maybe 5 minutes. All in all, not awful. Good news is that the Dr. said that my uterus looks "quite good" Nothing to worry about after the D&C's, so that's comforting.
But he did repeat again that we're going to get a lot of bad eggs/embryos when we do the retrieval. Maybe he's being pessimistic to temper my excitement, but he really wants us to be prepared that it might take a few rounds to get a healthy embryo. I guess its better than the alternative though (continue miscarrying, sick child, etc), so I'll take it.
Next appointment is Thursday the 14th to discuss the protocol and start the actual IVF journey (the screening is over! Woohoo!)
Question: In your experiences, from the time you got the all clear to do IVF how long did it take to start the medications and how long on medication until retrieval? I know I'll get these answers from him next Thursday, but that feels like forever!

@SweetiePie: We decided we wanted to do IVF at the end of April. We had a trip scheduled for beginning of June so we waited until we got back. When I got my period mid June I called my clinic and I started birth control. I was on BCP for 6 weeks. In that time I had my trial transfer, a sonohysterogram, and we signed our consents. Then I started Lupron and my monitoring appointments at the end of July. I was on Lupron for almost two weeks before starting Bravelle and Menopur. My egg retrieval was at the end of August and I had a 5 day transfer on September 1st. Then my beta was on September 11. It was a long process!

@SweetiePie: Yea it sucks that it can put a damper on normally fun things. Did you see the video I posted on the inspiration thread yesterday? I'm totally thinking of just being honest with anyone who asks me. Need to discuss with DH though, see if he is comfortable with me doing it.

@SweetiePie: hope you're having a nice dinner! The idea of the video is to "throw your grenade" and have that difficult conversation to free yourself. I don't think I'll be specific with people, just tell them we've been having a rough go at it, and maybe mention the losses to a few people. But only to nosy people to shut them up for good.

@SweetiePie: Good luck to you!!!! :))

@FaithFertility: @Mrs. Polish: See, this was another question I've had. I'm so worried about the side effects of fertility drugs that I'll take in preparation for IVF. I don't even know which ones I'll be on yet, but I am already a highly emotional person, even outside of ttc. When I was pregnant both times and then coming out of pregnancy with the miscarriages, I was legit batshit. Even now, dealing with all of my emotions over IVF is making me kinda scary. I'm really afraid of what extra hormones will do to me.
@Mrs. Polish: The part about wondering why your husband wants to have a baby with you? This exactly! After some of my episodes I've said to him "are you sure you want to do this with me?"

@FaithFertility: did you ever take progesterone suppositories? I was just prescribed 200mg. Worried about aide effects now?!

@Mrs. Polish: last month I was a bloated, painful mess. Day 3 over here and I'm just bitchy on a higher level than normal.

Seriously. THE FLOOR.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Crinone is taking vaginally...sorry TMI
It just gives me bad PMS like systems, bloating, breakouts, soar full breasts....... so I can't symptom spot.....lol because I don't know if it's the meds or being PG

@FaithFertility: so are the progesterone suppositories. I don't know why they're call supp. when they're taken vaginally!

I'm getting the trigger shot again this month, unless I surge on my own. This'll be a fun TWW..

@Happygal: Sad. Not upset. When I went to buy the FRER this morning, the cramping was pretty bad and I was wondering if the cramps were AF cramps. I hesitated for a second when I went to buy them, wondering if it was going to be a waste.

I'm kinda numb to it all, right now.

@FaithFertility: Yeah, I was thinking this morning that we always have to have that feeling of doubt at every cycle. We can never be 100% confident that we are going to get pregnant. As much as I wanted to be positive and hopeful that this was my cycle, I couldn't. I knew there was a chance that it wouldn't. So, yeah, I'm disappointed and sad but upset? Not now, not today. Tomorrow or the next day is probably when those feelings will set in.

Scheduled my CD3 blood work, CD 14 ultrasound, and CD15 IUI. DH is leaving for a trip on the day that we will plan the IUI. His flight leaves at 8:35a. He will have to drop off his ''deposit' at 7am, then I will drop him off at the airport to make his flight. We will go to the airport at 5:30 am to get his boarding pass and check in his bag. It's a tad ambious but I think he can do it. Although, if I get a + OPK before day 14, we can schedule the IUI earlier and not have to do this crazy multi-trip to the airport. I have a plan in place if we need to do it. Things we do to make a baby.