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Flight cancelled late last night! Ack. We rented a stinky car and are driving 5 hours to the next closest big hub for a direct flight. Going to be cutting it close. And I started my period this morning. Man, I'm earning that welcome cocktail I'll be slurping down tomorrow afternoon! Fingers crossed we make it! Bon voyage friends!

@Happygal: have an awesome trip! hope all the logistics work out and you have a drink in your hand soon!

@LindsayInNY: Did you test?

I haven't yet and today is 14 DPO.
I'm having mild cramps and I wonder if its PMS and that I'm not pregnant. I don't want to test and see a BFN.

A tiny part of it is that I need to find my test strips. It's packed away. Haha.

But I think the biggest part of my hesitation to test is I'm afraid to see the BFN.

Although it's funny that this is the first month where I was not super eager to test and now I don't even want to! Haha. For the past 18 months, I have always tested around 10 DPO but here I am not wanting to test.

@ShayNanigans: How are stims going for you? I can't remember if you've shared... what meds are you on?

I'm on day 6 of Gonal-F and Menopur. We just added Ganirelix this morning, and that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be! My stomach is starting to look polka-dotted, thought, with so many prick marks!

@thisisme: I'm hesitant to do Ivf because of my high rate of chemicals - it would be hard to do all the stims and retrieval and still end up in the same place because Ivf didn't fix what was wrong (not that we know what that is). But eventually we would if we thought it was our best shot. Unfortunately we may move and lose our Ivf coverage (which we have now in MA) and that would make it a harder decision too.

@bhbee: The insurance is what pushed us to move quickly on IVF. Even though we live in VA, my husband's company is based in Mass, so we have awesome infertility coverage. It's kind of a long story how he ended up there... it definitely wasn't by choice, and it was before we knew we were dealing with IF. That's one of those things that I try to look at as a major blessing and an example of things happening for a reason. DH wants to change jobs ASAP, but he's sticking it out while we're doing IVF. On the flip side of being thankful for such great coverage, it's maddening that finances play such a big role in these decisions!

@thisisme: That is awesome to hear! Did you like running before you did it? I am really hoping this will help me both emotionally and physically. Also hope that it keeps me motivated when I don't feel like doing anything, now in my head I can be like "too bad lady, you signed up for this and you have to do it."

@Happygal: You deserve a cocktail, or three! Enjoy your cruise, I'm glad you guys made it. Can't wait to hear the details when you get back.

@bluestriped bee: BFN this morning. I don't know what to think. I have this progesterone because I'm forced to test and can't just wait for AF. And if I do, I'm afraid it'll be too late and I'll have another chemical. So I might test again tomorrow. Especially since I was queasy feeling again today. Sorry to hear about you too... You seem to be thinking positive abut the IVF so that's good!

@thisisme: I read my schedule wrong! I started stims last night, so just getting started. I am on 150 follistim and 150 menopur for now. I responded well to Clomid, so they are starting off carefully.

The shots were not bad - I was nervous, but it was really no big deal. My husband is helping me, which is kind of nice, since so much of this is on me!

@happygal: have a wonderful time and I hope you enjoy your "going old school" time.

@LindsayInNY: fx for you! I really hope that its just early for you.

@bluestripedbee: I'm sorry about AF showing up, but love your positive attitude with the next step.

@bhbee: FX for the both of us as I think we're on the same cycle? When do you normally ovulate?

@thisisme: @mrstal: I used to love running! I found it be so therapeutic, unfortunately I can't run as much anymore due to running injuries and its a factor in my IF diagnosis.

As far as my update goes, we've already started TI after our second round of femara. I actually have not been feeling the same symptoms as the first round of Femara, even though the dosage had been doubled this round.

@bluestriped bee: I'm so sorry about AF. Maybe the money coming in is a sign that Ivf is the right path? Hoping good things for you.

@lazypanda: I usually ovulate between cd16-20 without a trigger. So that would be mon-fri this week and more likely around wed. Fx for both of us! I am ready for the tww.

@just_ju: Anything new?????

@FaithFertility: isn't it freeing to not use OPKs? I didn't the last two months and it was heavenly. We are headed to Belize and Cozumel! I'm getting pumped! Where will you be cruising in March?

@MrsTal: Yes, it kind of is!!! I was so set on using them to see if I even ovulate, but if I do I do and if I don't no big shocker!!!
We are going to Jamaica and Cayman Islands on a 6 day Carnival Cruise..... I am so excited!!! Ughh Belize is beautiful I've never been but I have seen pictures! When are you going!!!!

@just_ju: Yes!!! Don't trust that cheap-O
Prayers for BIG numbers on your BETA!!!

@bhbee: Yay :))))) some say the more sexual and enjoyable it is the better I was hoping for one of those when I came home today, but traffic was bad and I came home 10 minutes before DH was going to work!!! Here's to good timed Ovulation and great SEX Yes, I said SEX.....lol

@FaithFertility: I am so jealous of your cruise! It sounds so lovely

@thisisme: :\ no fun, but glad to hear your retrieval is coming up that has got to be exciting!!!!! Yep, we are totally old schooling it...lol I was going to get OPKs but never did, so it is nice to just relax...even though we all know I have my eternal O calendar counting days and such.....lol

@faithfertility: I'm not getting the same residual side effects with the second round of femara. I was reviewing my notes from last month and no sore boobs this time which I was already feeling around the same CD last time. Today is CD15 and we actually have been inserting an extra day of here and there. We were instructed to BD EOD starting with CD11 or CD12.

I decided to use the LH tests twice a day this time (FMU and right before bed) so I don't miss O. With my 23 day cycle last month, I thought I O'd on CD12 or CD13. Would you ladies say I O'd today or gearing up to O? The darker LH test is from this morning and the other 2 are from yesterday.

***checked my notes again and last cycle was actually only 22 days***

@bhbee: thanks! FX for the both of us.

I'm really hoping that this cycle works for us. I had such high hopes in the last cycle, esp with all the symptom spotting. Also learned of more pregnancy announcements this past weekend and while I'm very happy for those couples, its hard hearing that they just started trying or even worse, when they start asking, "so any plans for kids soon?" I feel like its so difficult to talk about this with anyone else because the only thing people say to me is to ask if work is still stressful or will tell me to "just relax." DH tells me that I just need to be a little more patient, that it will happen when its supposed to happen. And I do believe that to be so, however, I'm more worried that the older we are when we conceive, the more pregnancy complications we'll have.