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@GoGoSnoGirl: congratulations
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@ttcgirl: I feel pretty good... More tired & hungry than usual, but got 2 good beta #s this week, so that seems really hopeful. DH & I are both trying not to get too excited until we pass 6wks, which is when we lost the 1st one. Honestly, even though it is exciting, this feels kinda like a tww!
@Honeygold89: thanks!
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@ttcgirl: You are?! NYC or elsewhere? So we've done 3 Clomid cycles, 2 of which also included IUIs (the first was complicated by genetic testing issues). The first IUI was easy peasy, just mild cramping after. The second IUI was more crampy but still not bad. The medication doesn't seem to bother me either. Last IUI, DH was convinced there wasn't enough to his sample only to find out the number was DOUBLE the last time, LOL! Luckily he only has to do it once per cycle...
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@gogosnogirl: congrats to you! I love seeing those beautiful lines on here
praying you have a healthy 9 months!
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@organicmama: thanks, lady! How've you been?
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I've been okay. This has been our first month of NTNP and I may have ovulated yesterday or the day before. Not really sure. But I just gave my neighbor/close friend a HPT because she was 4 days late. It was positive. She knows how long we've been trying and she has been trying for 2 years herself. I am happy for her, truly. But she was apprehensive to tell me because she knows how hard its been. What did I do? Started boohooing. Like seriously, my brain was saying STOP CRYING and my eyes wouldn't listen. It was awkward. I just hugged her, told her I was truly happy for her and went back in the house! Ughh! So I have been on and off crying since that happened an hour ago. :'(
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@organicmama: oh, I'm so sorry. ((Hugs)) That would've been so hard. I'm glad she at least knew where you are at in your journey, but I can totally understand how hard it would be to hear her news & from your test, no less. Thinking of you & wishing you the best.
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@organicmama: Hugs! That's so hard.
I guess the fact that she finally got pregnant after 2 years of trying gives hope to the rest of us that it can eventually happen. Doesn't make it easier to hear the news from someone else when you SO BADLY want it to be you...
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I just found out that two more people I know are pregnant. One got pregnant on her first or second cycle TTC. The other was TTC, in her 40s, got pregnant first cycle TTC with the last one, and neither of them has a job. It is so frustrating when we have good jobs, are careful with our money, and can afford children, and then have so much trouble. I know I sound judgmental, but it is so hard when everyone around me is pregnant.
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I just typed this up and lost it so sorry in advance if it posts twice!
@LindsayInNY: I work in the city but live in the 'burbs. Are you in the city? Luckily my dr has offices near work and home so I tend to do morning monitoring in the office near home and then appts during regular hours in the city
@organicmama: that is a bummer
even if you are truly happy for someone else it is so hard not to also feel sad for yourself (and then on top of that to feel guilty about feeling sad, and so on). hopefully we will all get to that happy place in time but in the meantime you should let yourself cry it out as neededafm going in for monitoring tomorrow so excited to get an idea of what my timing is going to be like for this month. expecting to schedule an iui for end of week
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@ttcgirl: Same! I work near Grand Central, live in Southern Westchester. Which side of the burbs are you on?! My RE is near home so I just walk there. Super convenient!
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I'm out for September, AF showed this morning.
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@MrsStar: sorry to hear this news! Hugs!
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As for me, cd12 over here and trying to figure out how we will fit in bd while DH is working weird night shifts and I am having a girls weekend out if town. I encouraged him to wake me up when he got home last night (4 am) but he didn't take me up on it. Maybe tonight?
Since I am so skeptical of our chances this month I went ahead and ordered a diva cup (menstrual cup) and was irrationally excited when Amazon delivered it yesterday. I am ready to stop dealing with tampons in top of being sad about af so we will see how it goes...
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@MrsStar: I'm so sorry.
8dpo here... hate the waiting game.
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11 DPO/10 DPIUI today. I am convinced I O'd the same day as my positive test and that my IUI was done O+1, which would explain the closed cervix. I caved, I never cave, but I caved and tested today...and almost immediately after peeing on the stick, I felt period-like cramps.
AF is definitely around the corner.
I'll admit though, I feel somewhat numb to the whole situation, which makes me really sad...but I can't cry about it, because I've lost sight of my emotions lately. I could really use a good cry, but I can't even get one tear out! -
@LindsayInNY: I am in mid-Westchester! That is so great that you can walk to your re...anything to make this ttc hassle a little easier. I am so thankful that I havent had to take time from work yet (havent told anyone in my office that we are ttc and dont want to!)
@MrsStar: sorry you are out
@MamaCate: so funny what we will resort to for ttc...on a regular night if my DH tried to wake me up in the middle of the night I would not be having it but we have done that a few times to make the most of a busy fertile window! Hope you guys are able to get some bd in...it only takes 1!
@sarahnicole218: sorry you are feeling down. if AF shows up are you planning another IUI for next cycle?
I triggered last night so should O tomorrow morning and have IUI scheduled for tomorrow morning as well. DH has been out of town so we havent been able to get in any bonus bd yet so hopefully the IUI does the trick and we will also try to bd after
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@ttcgirl: Some of my co-workers know just because I'm far too open/honest sometimes. My boss (female) doesn't have any children so she definitely doesn't know. No one "up" the chain knows.
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@ttcgirl: I know right? I will confess that we did dtd last night when DH got home, but it am not sure I fell all the way back asleep before getting up,at 5:30 to work out. Hoping to repeat the next two mornings before I go out of town!
For all of us biding our time, what are you doing to not obsess and distract yourself? I have been really trying to focus on my health so I have been doing my fitness pal, working out more, and trying to lose a little weight. So far so good!
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@ttcgirl: Yes, we'll try another IUI next cycle, but I'm going to insist on more monitoring, since I'm positive I ovulated the same day as my positive OPK.
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@MrsStar: Sorry to hear that! Hugs!
@MamaCate: menstrual cups are awesome! I hope that you don't get to use it for a while.
@sarahnicole218: I hope you're wrong!
CD16 here. FF is saying I O'd CD12, but I think it was CD14 and FF will correct itself tomorrow. CM still wasn't good, so we used preseed CD12 and CD13 and conceive plus CD14 (I think those are the correct times). I read something recently that post-O, temps should be at least 98.2, and they usually are, but haven't been the past 2 days. This is my first femara cycle- so hoping!
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Here's the chart.
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I'm still shaking, and I've known for a couple of hours now!!
What I did differently this month:
We had our first appointment with the RE on CD 5. She took 3 vials of blood work. CD 12, I had an HSG with no blockages. Positive OPK on CD 15, which is unusual for me. I usually get a positive on CD 17-18ish. So, I assume the HSG made me ovualte a couple days earlier. We BD O-2, O-1, and O. During the tww, I laid low from the boards. We're doing a 30 day yoga challenge at my local studio, so I've been doing some intense vinyasa. On 4DPO, my blood work came back good, except for vitamin D. According to my doctor, Vitamin D should be between 30-100 (with 30 being really low as it is). Mine was 18, so she immediately put me on 50,000 IU every other day to bump it up quickly. That plus an HSG were the only different things about this cycle. I think we are just very lucky, and I'm praying it sticks. I haven't told DH yet. He's sitting next to me on the couch, and i really want to get a onesie to surprise him! I've made such great friends on this thread, and have been poas since last September. I'm praying for everyone to get a sticky baby!p.s-I've had zero symptoms, other than my nipples became tender yesterday but it only lasted for a few hours. I've had light cramping since yesterday, but that usually means AF is coming. Other than that, no symptoms whatsoever.
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@dc yoga bee: ahhhh! Congrats! So so thrilled for you! Sending lots of sticky baby dust!
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@dc yoga bee: I seriously can't believe it!! (I mean that in an "OMG how wonderful" kind of way, lol)
Congrats!! What's the EDD? June?
I've been laying low too, I don't feel like I have much to contribute right now. Hanging out at 5DPO.
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@dc yoga bee: congrats! So happy for you! And what a nice line! How many dpo?
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@busylizzy111: 12DPO. I decided to wait for day AF is due this time. Plus I only had one test in the house lol!
@crystal: June 5. 5 days before my bday. I'm hoping 5dpo turns into BFP friend!
Thanks everyone!!!!
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@dc yoga bee: I congratulated you on your other post, but congrats again! I love seeing the "old-timers" graduate!
Enjoy sharing this news with your DH and I am wishing you the most wonderful pregnancy!As for me, AF still hasn't started...but I just know she is going to. I called my OB yesterday to tell her it had started so I can pick up my Clomid today in case I need to start it on Sunday. I had a little cramping yesterday (pre-AF for sure), but otherwise, zero symptoms...just waiting to get this next cycle on the road!
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@dc yoga bee: woohooo!!! So excited for you!! Congrats & wishing you super sticky thoughts!
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@dc yoga bee: congratulations!!! let us know how you tell dh!
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AF is in full force, arriving overnight. My cramps are ridiculous, but my emotions are still in check. On to the next cycle and IUI #2. If I ovulate the same time, the IUI should happen on October 15th with a POAS day right before Halloween. Here's to hoping I will be a "mummy" on Halloween, haha, get it?
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@sarahnicole218: fx!!!!
Enjoy wine and sushi this week!
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@sarahnicole218: sorry for AF, but glad you have a positive outlook for IUI #2! Hope you are a mummy on Halloween.
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@dc yoga bee: Congrats!!
I've been MIA lately. Just hanging low. In the tww and going for beta on thursday 10/2. I'm on progesterone supplements and it's making me feel miserable, although now that I've been on it for a week, I think my body is kind of getting used to it. Who knows. FX super tight for my beta. I just found out that my sister in law is pregnant. She has been trying for #2 for a few months and her dr was going to do blood work and try Clomid, and then turned out she was pregnant on her own. Yay…:/ I had a breakdown to DH last night about it as I am happy for her but it effing hurts. We will be trying Clomid next cycle…Hope all is well with everyone!
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@nicole112: Fx!!
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@nicole112: Ugh! That sounds awful. I've been praying that SIL isn''t pregnant before me. I don't know if they are even TTC, but that would be a total meltdown.
I'm hanging out in the TWW. We went white water rafting this weekend and stayed in a cabin that was one step above a tent, meaning everyone slept in the same room. (We had a full bed, thankfully.) I whispered to DH about how I wanted to temp, and he was totally sly- sat up in front of me, and had a "coughing fit" when it started beeping.
No one realized it.
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@sarahnicole218: TY!
@AmeliaBedilia: It definitely hit me hard. Especially because 6-8 weeks ago her and I conversation about how she's been trying and how I've been trying and years ago, with her ex-husband they were trying and they had male infertility and she went through ivf and everything but was unsuccessful so she definitely "knows" how much it hurts and how hard it is and with her current husband they got pregnant basically on their honeymoon and experienced a little of secondary infertility and during our convo she was already pregnant but didn't know it yet.
I prayed and prayed for me to be first and then her get pregnant like a month or two later (yes I was being selfish) but I don't have any yet and c'monnn. I wouldn't mind being pregnant together, but was hoping it was the other way around...BUT I am trying to be positive. I keep telling myself that I don't want "her" baby and I don't want to be angry at her baby or her because I do want to be happy for her. I want "my" baby. And I just feel a bit angry that I'm not having "my" baby just yet. I think that's what is most aggravating but I'm hanging in there..I think.I totally had a breakdown at work today. *embarrassing* I've recently told the two girls I work with (one younger, one older than me…both not "ready" for kids) a bit what I've been going through…and it def makes it easier if I need a day off for the dr or something and I know they won't tell the world and I can trust them. But after lunch I felt a TON of anxiety…and I don't normally get anxiety like that. I don't consider myself a "highly anxious" person, but I've definitely been under a lot of stress and I think my body is reacting all wacky. Also, I am on progesterone supplements and I think that is also contributing to my craziness. I have also been crazy in other ways and agreed to work this past weekend and the weekend before…and everyday during my normal hours during the week (not one day off). NOW I am feeling the effects of my over-working and I feel all congested and very run down. My coworker made me leave work early today which I needed. And next weekend I am going away with DH and fan for his grandpa's 90th birthday a couple states away…so more weekend time of not sleeping in and relaxing…going right into traveling. I need a break from life lol.
Ohh and to make my post more ttc related, I took a HPT today after work, BFN. I'm 11 DPO and just felt the urge to pee on something, hah. Beta on thursday…now dreading it because I know what it's going to say. But…*positive thinking*. I hope everyone had a good Monday!
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@AmeliaBedilia: And I love how your hubby covered your temp beeping! Slick!
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@sarahnicole218: sorry (belatedly) for this news but hoping you get a halloween BFP!
@AmeliaBedilia: hoping your wait is over soon, and appreciate the creative thinking (and support) from DH!
@nicole112: ohh honey! i am so sorry about your BFN and about your SIL. It is hard to feel like you were in the same boat with someone and then they jumped ship so to speak and left you in the waiting boat. I think it is better to get your anger out somehow so you can deal sweetly with her next time. It is soo hard to feel like everyone else is moving along and we are still stagnant, or at least I am struggling with that.
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As for me, I am on CD19 and thoroughly confused. I have been charting for almost a year now but my temps are all over the place and my CM is still not dry. FF says I O'ed on CD 12 which would be insane because I am typically between CD15-18. There are a lot of good reasons for my temps to be all over the place, including bad sleep, early morning BD sessions before temping, alcohol, and stress. So I think that the temps are wrong but I am not sure what to trust. CM has seemed to have an unclear pattern too. So I am assuming the answer is to keep going on BD for a little while but it has been hard to coordinate lately. FX we can get in one or two more sessions before it is way too late or this might just not be our month.
Apart from TTC, I had a great weekend with my old college girlfriends so that was totally worth the screwy charting and maybe missing the window...but now I am pretty tired for actual work. Thank goodness for my new short work week!
Even though I haven't been around much I have been thinking of all of you often and I am praying hard for all of us!
even if you are truly happy for someone else it is so hard not to also feel sad for yourself (and then on top of that to feel guilty about feeling sad, and so on). hopefully we will all get to that happy place in time but in the meantime you should let yourself cry it out as needed
AF is definitely around the corner. 
I prayed and prayed for me to be first and then her get pregnant like a month or two later (yes I was being selfish) but I don't have any yet and c'monnn. I wouldn't mind being pregnant together, but was hoping it was the other way around...BUT I am trying to be positive. I keep telling myself that I don't want "her" baby and I don't want to be angry at her baby or her because I do want to be happy for her. I want "my" baby. And I just feel a bit angry that I'm not having "my" baby just yet. I think that's what is most aggravating but I'm hanging in there..I think.
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