Are you feeling excited about TTC this year?
Updates?
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I am excited about TTC since I'm on a new path that could possibly bring me a baby in 2015. I feel really hopeful and don't want to lose that. But I know it might not work the first time, so I'm trying not to get too excited.
As far as updates I increased my estrace dosage and will increase it again tomorrow. I've got an ultrasound to check my lining on Monday and I inject my last dose of Lupron tomorrow. If Monday's scan and labs go ok I'll start the progesterone in oil shots Tuesday and finally book a hotel room in TN.
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I'm not feeling very excited at all. Adoption is such a roller coaster! (See blog post for details).
(But I am excited for you/others).
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Not really excited, since everything is messing up because of an AWOL period.
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@jaguar: I'm sorry.
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@Leialou: I am so glad that you are hopeful! You should be! It is great to have a new and really promising plan in place and keep that excitement alive. It is so close now for you - keeping everything crossed that the next few weeks are great!!
@jaguar: Can NOTHING ever goes as planned?!!! I'm sorry!
AFM: I've been out of the HB IF loop since the failed FET in Nov/Dec and unfortunately, I am not excited about TTC in 2015. I ended up having my period for over two weeks straight likely because I started back on BCPs on CD1 and was having tons of breakthrough bleeding. So I stopped the pill and am med-free for the first time in awhile. But of course this means that any future FET meds are going to be delayed until CD1 comes around again… who knows when that will be. Anyhow, have a consult with a new doc locally to discuss options on 1/20. I'm feeling a little skeptical about the 4 frosties we have left… I didn't really know anything about the grading when we did our fresh cycle or first FET, just kind of blindly went along with the doc's comments that they were good quality. But we have the following left (all day 6): 5CB, 4CB, and 2 4BC. Old doc in WI doesn't recommend any changes to protocol, but did say we could transfer 2-3 (YIKES!!) if we wanted (yes, I am almost 37 and I guess these embies aren't as stellar quality as I hoped). Really curious to see what new doc thinks. How optimistic should we be about those we have left? Are we headed for a whole new fresh cycle? In any case, if we move forward with another FET, I definitely think we will move the remainder locally and not transfer in WI again. I am also now painfully aware of how many more FETs are done here in MA than WI and how few successful FETs my old doc has actually done in the over 35 category… something I just wasn't even thinking about when we first started down this road in 2012. OK, enough here, thanks for reading/listening
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Well, I am excited for you @Leialou! I am going to take some time off of TTC after this miscarriage is complete. I am quite frankly terrified of TTC again. I want a baby so badly but the idea of being pregnant again and worrying like this and having it fail, AGAIN, seems too much to bare. So I don't know when we will start again, but definitely not before March. We booked a vacation with friends at an all- inclusive, adults-only resort (parents are watching LO) in the beginning of March and I am going to get my money's worth there! So I'm excited about that!
Currently, I believe I am in the process of starting my miscarriage. After weeks of waiting, I finally started to spot last night and have been spotting all day with some mild cramping. I hope things pick up and it happens quickly so I can start to heal.
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I'm excited about TTC in 2015. I was thinking about the risk of m/c because I've never been pregnant before so my mind starts to worry about what 'easy' (in the fertile world) next step can go wrong next... but I have to stay positive. I did like @jaguar: response that if we don't have a baby in our arms in 2015 that we will at least be pregnant by the end of 2015!
I think the negativity is dealing with this baby shower that I'm planning for my sister. My sister is great but stressing hearing about planning baby shower and what's tacky or not. Can't people just be happy to be pregnant and to have a baby shower. Just annoyed I guess. Though, I was annoyed at planning my wedding. Vent over. Maybe I'm not at good dealing with the stress of planning any type of party. I'm a people pleaser so trying to get everything 'right' is hard for me.
Anyway, I think once this shower is over, I can concentrate on my FET.
Oh, I have been talking to a bunch of my friends about advice about being pregnant and things to buy and such and I think this time around I felt included and they talked to me like they knew I was going to be pregnant this year... so it was a great feeling.
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@Leialou: Woohoo! Excited for you! Let's do this FET!
@Mrs. Jacks: So I missed your story, I think you mentioned you had a few (?) m/c last year. I'm so sorry.
@jaguar:
I'm sorry. Hope it comes soon!@GreenThumb: So sorry.
I actually don't know my quality of my frosties. I should ask when I'm back in town next week. Hope your new RE has good things to say! @travellingbee: Ugh! I'm sorry, too.
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@GreenThumb: that's tough to say. I never knew the quality of my frozen embryos. If I had maybe I would have transferred more at once? It's hard to say now. Do you want to do another fresh cycle?
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@bluestriped bee: an 8 wk m/c, then three chemicals prompted us to be done trying. Too much heartbreak. Then this adoption came up and we thought it must be fate, but of course there are some bumps in the road that will hopefully be ok.
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I'm here. Not really excited, been a pretty shitty week. It'll get over it, though. In due time. My husband is optimistic.....I'll get there.
Busy focusing on a crapload of work these days and a whirlwind 3 week trip in February for work. It'll be nice to get away but i'll miss DH and my cat and my bed for that long.
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@babycanuck: DH was more optimistic than I was after my loss too. ((Hugs))
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@bluestriped bee: Thanks! I think I will feel better with some more/new info from the new RE!! Really excited for you, though!! Go team January FET!!
@Leialou: Don't want to do a fresh cycle again if I can help it! Not only for my health (I developed OHSS last time around and ended up at the ER) but also for our wallets.
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@GreenThumb: I understand that. I really wanted to avoid another fresh cycle and I didn't develop OHSS. That really tipped the scales towards embryo adoption for me.
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As of today, I'm really excited about TTC this year. I had my first RE appointment, and it was fantastic compared to my OB/GYN. I have a clomid rx, new metformin dosage, and lab dates for when I stop bcp late next week. I am very hopeful that we'll get more than one O this year!
@travellingbee: I'm sorry you're still going through this.
Vacation sounds like a great thing to look forward to though.@Leialou: I wanted to say thanks for sharing your experience with NHCRM. I really, really liked Dr. Roach and her staff.
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@Hoots: I'm so glad to hear that!
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Ok, this will brief...must head out to a meeting in like 5 minutes. But yes, I am excited about TTC this year, but I'm not sure about this month anymore...
Ummm...HSG is scheduled for Monday morning (CD 14). I just decided to start OPKs today and I have a clear positive. No question at all. So uh, what do I do?! HSGs are supposed to be done BEFORE you ovulate. We're on a BD ban until after the test. AHHH!! I don't know what to do. This is a very early positive OPK for me. I usually don't O until CD 18 or CD 19, and that's if I'm lucky! So confused...
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@sarahnicole218: if it were me I would BD and reschedule your HSG for the very beginning of your next cycle. Others probably know better, but maybe you could do the opposite and do the HSG Monday and continue to avoid BD.
@bluestriped bee: I'm so glad you're excited! And you are a very good sister to plan a baby shower for her! Also, how do we find out who our secret sock givers were? I LOVE my socks!!
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@sarahnicole218: I'd BD and reschedule the HSG as well. I'm actually shocked they would schedule it so late even if you don't normally O until CD18 or 19. Mine refused to schedule after CD10 just on the chance that I O early/"normal" at CD14 even though I have almost never O'd on my own before CD25.
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@Mrs. Pinata: and @PurplePumps: Thank you for your replies! I probably would have said the same thing if it were someone else...but suddenly, I'm the one in these shoes and I had to decide!
I contacted the on-call OB/GYN at the University hospital, who assured me that the ovulating prior to the HSG would not interfere with the results of the test. And that as long as we haven't had intercourse in the past 4 days (which sadly, we haven't), we can still move forward with the test. Of course, if we wanted to reschedule the test and "try" this month, we could certainly do that. Well...I briefly pondered, but was immediately washed over with the fear of having to wait in anticipation for the test again next month. It's been 22 fruitless months...and I'm tired of waiting to figure out what's going on and what our plan is going to be. I know I'm throwing the possibility of getting pregnant this month out the window...but with my luck, odds are I wouldn't end up pregnant anyway and I'd still be waiting to figure out what the heck is going on. If I get the test now, we can make a plan...and I need a plan, for my sanity. I cannot go into our 2-year anniversary of TTC without knowing we have something in the works.
All that being said, we will continue to abstain and I will have the HSG Monday morning. DH is coming with me, so we will plant to bug in our RE's ear that we are ready to discuss what steps we need to take towards IVF.
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@sarahnicole218: Right, ovulating before the HSG wont effect the result. The reason they do it before you ovulate is because they want absolutely ZERO chance that you be pregnant for it. Glad you were able to come to a decision and looking ahead though. Good luck with the HSG.
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@sarahnicole218: Good to get it over and done with! xxx
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Hi ladies. Sorry I'm posting out of nowhere, after being MIA for months.
I just wanted to let you all know that I am pregnant. I'm friends with a few of you on social media, and I wanted to say something on here first before we said anything on there.
After a failed stim cycle right before our big vacation in Sept/Oct, I came back to Switzerland and was just finishing up my pd. We gave it one last try naturally, before we were going to move on to IUI for the next cycle. Well as it turns out, we got lucky. With the help of heparin, aspirin, and progesterone, I've made it out of the first trimester for the first time. (This is my 4th pregnancy.)
I just got back from the doctor and had the NT scan. Doc says everything looks great. So, we're trying to be positive and are hopeful that this is finally it.
I just wanted to be sensitive in letting you all know. A few of you have sent me messages while I was MIA, and I really appreciate that! Please know I think of you all often, and am hoping that 2015 brings everyone what they want.
Thanks for your support!
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: congrats!
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: Hooray! So happy for you!
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: Congratulations!! Thanks for coming back to let us know
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: popping in to say congratulations! i've read along your journey the past few years, so so happy for you!!
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: Congratulations! So happy for you!
In other positive news, I know of two IF babies born in the past two weeks. While it is hard to hear about babies in general, hearing about people who have overcome IF give me hope!
I've also been reading Pregnant With Hope, which is great. I am trying to turn all this over to God, and I feel a little more at peace.
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: That is fantastic news!! Congratulations! It is always great to hear when someone turns the corner. Wishing you all the best
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I had my lining check this morning and I'm cleared to transfer Sunday!
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@Leialou: Yay!!!!
Sending lots and lots of sticky vibes!
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: congrats!
@LEIALOU: great news!
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: Congrats!!!
@Leialou: YAY! Sending tons of sticky thoughts your way! -
@Leialou: So much
and sticky thoughts!!!
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@Leialou: I will be sending you good thoughts!
@TheSwissWifeStyle: Congrats!
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: yay!!! So happy to see this update from you
I hope all goes well.
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@Leialou: Excellent news!
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@Leialou: yay!! That's great! @TheSwissWifeStyle: Wonderful news! Congrats!
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@FliegepilzHut: @winter_wonder: @PurplePumps: @Hoots: @mrswin: @GreenThumb: @travellingbee:
Thanks y'all. I'm starting to get excited!
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Vacation sounds like a great thing to look forward to though.
Sending lots and lots of sticky vibes!
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