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@ms.line: while I hope no issues pop up on the tests, I hope it convinces him to do IVF now!

Glad to know this is normal on clomid! As much as symptoms suck, it does feel like something is working, which Im happy about!

@MrsKRB: i hope so! Austin sounds exciting, I've never been there

Did any of you that took clomid also take baby aspirin? I asked my dr, but I think he was thinking aspirin for headaches vs TTC.

@Crystal: Thanks! I take baby aspirin every day, too.

@jaguar: do you take it the whole cycle. I've started taking it after ovulation, but maybe I should do it whole cycle.

@Crystal: @NorthStar: Hugs! People are so obnoxious.

CD7 here. DH will have been on his supplements for 2 months coming up here. The next 4 weeks we have a ton of unrelated stress, but it should be over after that. We are planning a long weekend getaway in June for DH's birthday, and that just happens to be over FW, the one that will be about 3 months after his supplements/laptop avoidance. If it happens, the due date would be shortly before my birthday. There are a few other goofy signs, but I've had them before. I'm getting my hopes up, but hopefully it will make it easier to not stress this cycle.

Catching back up...

@NorthStar: San Diego sounds wonderful! A nice getaway to hopefully relax and unwind. I really hope your RE has some helpful thoughts and orders a bunch of tests. I'd push for the day 3 labs, HSG & SA (with IUI wash if they'll do it, so you know what the #s would look like for an IUI) since you're so far away. Might as well try to get them to knock out as many tests as possible to start. Hopefully they'll do a phone consult with the results, rather than drag you back down for another face-to-face.

@ms.line: I love Austin! I hope you get to enjoy some good food, drinks & music while you're there. Have a Texas Martini for me! And ditto on DH not getting triggered by friends' babies / pregnancy announcements, etc.

@Crystal: I've been taking baby aspirin since last summer every day. I'm sorry that your grandma was so pushy and unintentionally hurtful. IF is so hard and so painful. <hugs>

@AmeliaBedilia: <fx> for you here too!

CD9 for me, so I'm impatiently waiting another week-ish to O, then I'll impatiently wait through the TWW. I said on the May POAS board, we're always impatiently waiting for something!

@Crystal: I take baby aspirin as part of my daily regimen, since my first miscarriage. All my doctors tell me to take it daily, even when I was on Clomid and now Femara! My FIL has been texting my husband and I since he returned home, and will not stop saying how we need to hurry up and have kids bc he's getting old People ARE obnoxious

@AmeliaBedilia: Fingers crossed for you! I agree that sometimes hope and focusing on the little signs is a nice distraction!

I'm sorry I haven't caught up with everyone to reply; how often do we start new threads for check ins now?

I'm currently about 10dpo (I think) on my first Femara cycle. I didn't do opks bc we were in Vegas so I'm not sure at all when I O'd. I hated Clomid but I do miss the blatant O pains it gave! I tested this morning and it was a BFN, But this afternoon I has some strong cramps then brown spotting. AF is due Wed so I may test again Tues morning. to all in the TWW!

Popping back in with this group because AF showed this morning and I am so down. I could use some friendly people that get it. It was only my 1st IUI, but it makes me feel like after a failed intervention I can officially say I'm dealing with the "IF" word. Also, I think I may actually delete the term "failed" from my vocabulary because it's unnecessarily obnoxious! I need to remind myself of people who tried many times with increasing interventions but end up with their beautiful babe at the end.... Still, will be avoiding all the kid-friendly places in my town full of minivans today. If I see another adorable family I might lose it in public

ETA: apologies that I dumped that rant in here randomly! I've been following this thread and have you all in my thoughts constantly!

@AmeliaBedilia: yay for the house! Are you living in it yet?

@ms.line: I would join that thread! I have a hard time on the regular POAS threads. I can understand how the members are upset on their second or third month of ttc ending in a BFN, but at 2+ years in, I have NO patience for it. Bitter, party of 1! Lol

@Kelli_Deluxe: thanks for sharing! I have an appt later this week and I'm going to bring baby aspirin up again. Did femara gave you the same symptoms that clomid did?

@YogiRunner: I'm so sorry to hear that... Be kind to yourself today, and if that means avoiding kid friendly places, then do what you gotta do. I completely get it. I keep reminding myself of the same thing- 99% people that have experienced what we have end up with their beautiful babies. I believe we will too!

@ms.line @crystal @kelli_deluxe: thanks for the kind words! Clearly I was feeling pretty sorry for myself this morning but trying to focus on the next cycle and remember to stay thankful for what we do have... And at least I can have champagne at my best friends upcoming wedding! I would also definitely be down for a 6 month+ thread. I agree the regular POAS boards can be tough some days. Let's do it.

@jaguar: Never! I have had 28 day cycles for the last 10+ years and gotten positive opks/temps on cd 11 or 12 for the last 2.5yrs.

@YogiRunner: I'm out on my first iui cycle too. I was so convinced this would work, and not only did it not work but my LP is a day shorter? This whole process sucks, but we just need to embrace the challenges

@MrsKRB: Bugger. It's so hard when your hopes get dashed.. I'm sorry.

I had a crap week last week, so wasn't on here too much (or at least posting). It's our fertile week, so going to try to make the best of it and we have our RE consultation bright and early tomorrow morning. Since it's 2.5 hours away, we are heading down to Minneapolis after work today and staying at a friends house. I suppose that I should come up with a list of questions and requests. @ballerinabee: I'll definitely be adding what you recommended to that list.

@NorthStar: yay your appointment is finally here! Good luck!

@jaguar @mrskrb @northstar: Thanks so much for your kind words and support. It really, really helps to know you're not alone! I can't tell you how much I appreciate this understanding and kind community. And @northstar, good luck at your appointment! Only good things can come from it.

Side note, AF is way heavier than normal this cycle. Letrozole side effect?

@MrsKRB: Actually my RE is putting me on Clomid instead. Something about my estrogen peak level not being as high as she'd like. A little nervous of the side effects, but I'll trust her. Just need insurance to approve this cycle so they can put the prescription through in time for me to take the first dose tomorrow! They are fantastic that they cover a lot but soooo slow with the approvals. Don't they know timing is everything? Geesh. What about you, trying anything different this cycle??

@NorthStar: Hope the appointment goes/has gone well. xx

@YogiRunner: Could have been that the Letrozole gave you a thicker lining than normal, so a heavier shed. *hugs* You are definitely not alone.

Double jabs started today - Gonal F & Orgalutran (Ganirelix?) ... I forgot how much it stings.

@Kelli_Deluxe: Hugs! That is such an awful feeling- I know because I've been there. It's happened twice after a progesterone cycle. Had you done anything weird the cycle prior?

My pity party: CD14 here with likely O tomorrow. DH's been on the improve morphology plan for 2 months now, and we have been hitting daily through yesterday. DH and I had a meeting to plan out our kitchen cabinets, and on the way home found out he had a work emergency and will be gone all night. This very rarely happens, but of course when DH is already tired and I O tomorrow. It probably wouldn't have worked anyway, but it's so frustrating. I'm trying to focus on the awesome kitchen we'll have when the renovation is finished...but I want a baby more.

@Crystal: Sorry, I thought I had responded. No, the new house needs a massive renovation. We're hoping to be in it around November-December. In the meantime, we're just writing lots of checks and making lots of decisions. DH and I both have strong opinions, and usually they match, but we're having trouble on light fixtures and countertops. We're planning it as if we will have two kids (with room for 3 in that unlikely event), but it makes me sad to think it might be just us. It is such a great place to raise kids, that I can't imagine God would give it to us and then not let us have kids.

@ms.line: thanks lady, looking forward to joining that thread. And I'm so sorry this cycle didn't work for you either. We'll get there.

@ameliabedilia: sounds like you have a ton going on right now. The house does sound exciting though. We're redoing our kitchen in the house we bought 6 months ago, and have the same mindset: where are the kids going to sit and eat? So I hear you, it's weird planning for little beings that don't exist yet! But think of it as one big change at a time... I'm confident it will be filled with pitter patters before you know it. Hugs.