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@ballerinabee: Still hanging in there holding out?

I thought I took my last progesterone pill last night and might have to bow out and test early just in case...but I suck at math so I have one more night of it.

Is it Friday morning yet?

@Bea: Agreed lol Although, that may be us next week. I'm itching to test, but I'm only 8DPO. I need to wait until Monday, at the earliest.

@MaryM: My Mom decided to misbehave medically last night, so Dad and I spent the night in the ER with her (she was admitted) and so didn't get home until 4, and my 2 year old got sick at 5, so I didn't get any sleep let alone think about testing this morning. Ha.

I need to whine for a minute, so I apologize in advance.

Yesterday and today have been lousy. LO was sick just before 6 am yesterday, and then again this morning around 5. But he's FINE during the day and has had no fever, just vomiting and diarhhea randomly in the wee hours of the morning. Then yesterday I got hit by a co-worker on my way to work and found out hours later that he lied to his insurance and said that I hit him. Apparently, the way insurance works in MD, if there isn't clear cut evidence, they just deem it "no fault". So now I'm out $500 for my deductible and have to take vacation time to take my car in to be fixed & pick up a rental because I work with a grown man who can't take responsibility for his own actions. Then my Mom spiked a fever and was vomiting all day yesterday (couldn't even keep sips of water down), so after talking to her surgeon on the phone, we took her back to the hospital. And finally (hopefully) to add insult to injury, AF showed up an hour ago with a vengeance. I felt a "pop" while going to the bathroom, and it is awful. Rapid onset cramps and all.

So, I scheduled my CD3 repeat labs and ultrasound for Saturday morning. No miracle post-HSG BFP for me. Womp womp.

And DH keeps forgetting to schedule his repeat SA+wash. I may kill him. Though that would not help me with getting pregnant... HA.

<thus ends my pity party for 1>

Crossing my fingers and toes for the rest of you this month! We need some happy news!

@ballerinabee: oh man, what a day! Well, now that AF has come, I say that you deserve a glass a wine for dealing with all of that! ugh

I hear you on killing the husband. Mine was like that until I kept pestering him - repeatedly.

I hope that your mom and son start to get better..

@NorthStar: Definitely had some wine to go with my whine. Tee hee...

@MaryM: I'm so sorry, hon. Set up a meeting with your OB or an RE as soon as you can so at least you feel like you have a plan. At least for me, having a plan made me feel like I was doing *something* other than continuing to try what isn't working. <hugs>

Time to remind my husband to schedule his repeat SA again. My repeat CD3 labs & ultrasound are tomorrow morning.

@Bea: & @NorthStar: how are you ladies doing with the TWW?

Anyone have fun plans this weekend? My DH is a Ravens fan (I'm a Browns fan), so we're going to do something fun for the playoff games tomorrow, and we'll be visiting Mom in the hospital. Other than that, I have a LOT of laundry & household chores & DVRed tv to catch up on.

@ballerinabee: I'm supposed to see my OB in Feburary anyway, so I think I'll plan it for around CD3 of my next cycle. For my annual, I went at 6dpo and was able to have that test run the same day, so I'll do that just in case he suggests CD3 testing (since we've already tried progesterone)

Our wedding band is playing the 9:30 club tomorrow so DH and I have a date night planned. And I think he wants to go shopping for our cabinets again since he got another quote yesterday that was WAY too much ($15K for a tiny townhouse...WTF???)...but then again, I'm not sure why he thought a contractor might be cheaper than ordering through home depot ourselves. But I have to let him do things his way sometimes, right?

@sarahnicole218: I hope all goes well and if anything, you get answers! Will you take Advil beforehand? I think that's what I took to help with discomfort.

Well tested this morning at 12dpo and bfn I'll try not to get my hopes up and I know some get their BFP late.

I just need to decide that if I am not pregnant what to push with my ob for next steps. I'm willing to try one more cycle of letrozole, especially since it will be my third full cycle of acupuncture. I would really like a game plan, tho (iui, etc.).

@bea have u tested yet??

@sarahnicole218: Good luck!!

@Bea: oh no!!! But, it is good that Clomid is doing its job!! Are they monitoring your lining to ensure it isn't too thin (I heard that can happen on Clomid)? I couldn't remember if you were with your OB or an RE..that's my issue is that I'm with my OB still as I don't think that there is an RE in my town!

I'm trying to remain hopeful, but am not feeling pregnant. My only symptoms at this point would be 4 straight nights of crazy a&^ dreams!

@sarahnicole218: that's awesome that you can get the show on the road! Feb 4 will be here before you know it! How was the process? Mine is tomorrow, anything you recommend I do?

@NorthStar: Those are some crazy dreams! Keeping my fingers crossed for you that it was just too early to test, and if not, definitely talk to your ob about options. It's so frustrating to do everything right, timing-wise, and still fail to get pregnant month after month.

@MaryM: I hope the concert was fun! I've been to the 9:30 club once, several years ago to hear a band my husband loves. And WOW on $15k for cabinets for a townhouse kitchen. That's crazy!!

@Bea: I'm so sorry about AF, but yay for a longer LP! That's a step in the right direction. Hopefully Feb will be our month!

@sarahnicole218: It's good to feel like you have a potential reason that things haven't worked as of yet, but still frustrating. And yes, the waiting is miserable... Come on, February!

I had my CD3 repeat blood work and an ultrasound to look at follicles on Saturday. The nurse called yesterday to say that my blood work is all still perfectly normal (I had CD3 labs done in Sept also), but that I had far fewer follicles than they like to see. I had 3 on one side and 2-3 on the other for a total of 5-6. She said they like to see 10-20. I'm not sure what this means, and we still have more things that need to be done before our follow up with the RE (DH's SA, more blood work for both of us and a consult with MFM). DH's initial SA showed ok numbers, good motility, but not great morphology, so RE wanted a repeat SA with IUI wash to see what they'd get if we try IUI.

I'm so impatient. Just found out that DH's repeat SA will be next Mon (1/19), so we're knocking things off the list before we meet with the RE again. I just want to have a plan!

@Bea: I'm doing ok, but temp dropped this morning, so I'm assuming that AF will show up today or tomorrow. I'm frustrated, but my DH reminded me that acupuncture seems to be helping my progesterone levels, so to be thankful for that.

If AF does come, I'm going to ask the nurse what next steps are after this cycle. I'd like to get a game plan in place and make appointments, if needed. I'm just nervous as it doesn't' look like there is an RE in this town, so I'm not sure what options I will even have.

I don't think that I've had day 3 testing yet, so what does that entail or does anyone recommend certain testing? This is what we have had done and I'd like to push my OB for more: HSG, thyroid, progesterone and DH had an SA. All came back normal. I think that they will have me do another month of Letrozole/Femara, which would be our fourth cycle taking it and doing TI.

@ballerinabee: Thank you I'm not sure my OB would go to that level, but you know what, doesn't hurt to ask. I'm going to be 34 in May, so low reserve could always be a possibility. Thanks again for the insight..

I'm out, but it was expected with the temp drop yesterday. But, I'm still crushed.

It was made even worse with the fact that our daughter told daycare yesterday that she was getting a baby sister (a new baby just started at daycare and she loves this little guy). Cue the tears in front of the daycare lady this morning when she told me and tears from the daycare lady when I told her I wasn't pregnant (she knows that we've been trying for a long time). ugh - today is going to be rough.

@ballerinabee: Thanks My husband offered to bring over a yummy lunch, but I'm just not feeling it today. Perhaps tomorrow or Friday. Yes, it just plain ol' sucks and even my friends don't say the right things. At least I get understanding here and boy am I thankful for that!

@NorthStar: I'm so sorry for your crappy day

@NorthStar: Hugs...many, many hugs!

@ballerinabee: I'm hanging in there. I haven't used OPKs yet this month and think I might see if I can keep that going and just see what happens.

I still need to schedule my FU appointment though. Hopefully I'll get that done this week so I have it on the books to look forward to.

@NorthStar: aw that was really nice of her!

@ballerinabee: we skipped this cycle, so I'm just waiting for AF to get here on Saturday so we can get down to business! We are trying to plan a ski trip this weekend, and counting down the days until our beach vacation (28)! have fun at your concert! Who are you seeing?