Fall 2010 Cycle Group

[BakersBaby]

Evening Ladies...I have got to get better about doing personals, but I have been so busy with work and life it is just a struggle to stay caught up! This board is beyond crazy!

AFM - I start Lupron tomorrow night at 7pm! YAY! I am so excited and nervous about getting started. I hope I can give myself that shot! I know I can! We will be celebrating DH's birthday and the opening day of Deer season Friday...LOL...he shares a birthday with his sister, 11/20, so we are flying to California on Saturday! I bought a tupperware container today to transport my meds that will fit into my purse. I will attempt to stay on top of reading on here while I'm gone, but we have such a crazy busy schedule! We will be back home 11/28!

Best of luck and love to everyone! Happy Thanksgiving!

[riogirl71]

Cheri - love that pic!!! GOrgeous couple!

[margi26]

Lou: So sorry that you are feeling so depressed and that you got a BFN on the HPT. I completely hear you on symptoms messing with your head. I think sometime we are cursed because we know too much--it makes us able to find so many interpretations to every twinge, ache, etc that most women would just ignore. Take lots of time for you and DH right now....a getaway weekend--or even just a getaway night. Again, so sorry, and please use us to rant whenever needed. ((HUGS))

Leora: Love the picture! So cute and fun!!

Cheri: Today is picture day!! Love it!

Tammy: Forget your brother for the moment--too much negative energy. Really. Truly. I don’t understand what his “issue” is--but right now--I DON’T CARE. He needs to back off. Seriously. Otherwise--let Bill at him. And please--don’t ever hesitate to say how you feel here. We are here for exactly that purpose. And, I think when you do--it helps other women going through similar situations and feelings relate and feel understood. You are one of the strongest women I have gotten to know on this forum.


Rio: Bikini-girl!!! I knew it--absolutely knew it!! There is no denying those lines. Now take care of yourself momma--that OHSS is nothing to sneeze at. Rest--gatorade--salty things...not much else I can remember that helped. Oh, I slept in a semi-reclined position. That was the only way I could really get comfy and breath well. Keep an eye on the weight gain and report to RE. My severe case lasted about 5 weeks past transfer--but hopefully yours will abate much sooner than that!

Karin1: All 10 are doing great!! What wonderful news!! And great PMA...keep it going! All the way to your BFP.

Bakersbaby/Kelly: Congratulations on starting Lupron! Sounds like you have some busy time ahead of you...enjoy your travels and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Sonya!! WHOO HOOO!!! What a beautiful sight to see--and hear I imagine. It brought tears to my eyes. Joyful ones, of course. I am sooooooo happy for you. I am sure you and DH and so relieved and happy.

Amanda: (My former 2ww buddy). Tomorrow is YOUR day. Can’t wait to see/hear about your u/s. Hope that you are getting some good rest and taking it easy. 9 am EST...got it on my calendar. I will be heading in for my IUI at that time. Hoping to catch up to you soon!

AFM: Getting ready to get some rest tonight (after some BD...and we are still allowed to swing from the chandeliers until after tomorrow. ) Wish me luck tomorrow at 9:30 is my IUI and then...I am headed to Crazytown, USA.

Good night ladies. Baby Dust!

[margi26]

Anna, my dear friend. I posted on the November thread, but wanted to send you another message here. I feel so close to you--which I know is ridiculous because we don’t really “know” each other. I am so sorry--you have been through so very much. I am so thankful that I know you and truly consider you a kindred spirit. Take care of yourself and DH. Hold onto the things for which you are thankful. And feel my arms around you. (((HUGS)))

[karin1]

Sonya......CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Such a nice surprise to see the u/s! You must be over the moon!

[karin1]

Anna......So sorry about your BFN. I know how disappointed u must be. (((((HUGS)))))

[Krys]

I have been trying to figure out this whole
adding a pic to posts as I feel left out !!
Not sure if it worked or not. I only have internet
on my iPhone and it's tricky sometimes..
Here it goes, I hope it worked..

[Krys]

I apparently have no clue what I'm doing..
Sorry ladies!!

[baby_blu73]

Holy MOLY!!!

I was just on last night, and it took me over an hour to read everything to get updated on my favorite group of ladies!

Sonya - I am so happy for you and your DH!!! CONGRATS!!! You guys must be so relieved and excited! Way to go, Mama!!!

Rio - YEA on your BFP!!! That's just fabulous, I'm so excited for you!

Anna - I'm so sorry to hear about your BFN. Like everyone's already said, we're all here whenever you need to vent. I hope your DH's birthday was enjoyable to at least some extent. BIG HUGS!!!

Ryann - I'm praying for you and your family during this difficult time... You have so much going on at such an already busy time of year. Stay strong and positive! Everything's gonna be just fine!

Amanda - Cannot wait to hear all about your fantastic u/s results first thing tomorrow!

Cheri, Leora and Margi - LOVE THE SIG PICS!!! You guys are so cute! I might put one up if I can figure it out...

Tammy - Bless your heart! You have NO reason to feel like you're begging for sympathy, just 'cause some ASS claims that it's his job to call it as he sees it... Who the heck is he, anyway??? Who the heck died and made him king??? Frankly, he sounds like a miserable person who really doesn't understand the basic "do unto others" concept. Shame on him! I cannot stand people that walk around like their poo doesn't stink. You can vent, cry, whine, moan, gripe, complain, celebrate, cheer, pat yourself on the back, and everything else to us! If there's one thing I've learned about all the amazingly strong women on this forum, it's that no one's judged, just supported. Hang in there! You have all of us, no matter what!

Jenni - LOL! You remind me a bit of my BFF! She's always freaking out over no one coming to my "nephews" birthday parties, and they always turn out great!

Ester - Way to stick to your guns, my fellow NOT GONNA POASer! LOL Best wishes on Monday's beta!!!

Afm - Finally feeling okay with this whole SCH (subchorionic hematoma) garbage! Bleeding pretty much subsided later that night, THANK THE LORD! Just a little brown mixed in with my prometrium leakage (TMI sorry) RE kept me on bed rest for yesterday AND today, my couch will never again see as much ass as it has since my ER. They said the largest one of the two spots was 2cm x 3cm, something like a large grape, but even that was considered small. Which, from ALL the googling I've been doing, sounds very promising! One thing I AM terrified of is that a lot of women that have a bleeding hematoma have the bleeding episode occur more than once during the first trimester and sometimes up until the 20th week! UGH!!! I'm praying mine just absorbs right back into the lining and never EVER makes an appearance like that again.

No u/s today, by the way. They don't wanna go fussing around in there too much with what happened on Monday. We go back in next Tuesday to see how everything's looking. I'm praying all's well and that my little pinto beans (pregnancy book says that's how big they are this week) are doing fantastic!

I can't help but feel like we got screwed out of being able to be as excited about our first u/s as we should have. I was more worried about what the heck was going on, even though both nurses were so reassuring, it was hard to feel like I would have liked to when we saw them. I'm not saying I wasn't happy, and maybe I'm being selfish... I just pictured it differently. Guess it fits right in to the rest of the story of us trying to conceive!

[baby_blu73]

OMGosh! I DID IT!!! WOO HOO! LOL!

[leorira11]

There has been a picture EXPLOSION! Fun

My DH doesn't think he is photogenic and always makes goofy faces. Oh well - *I* look pretty

My perid is SUCKING. OUCH. I'm sitting at work in SOOOOO much pain. But I'm so glad to know that this is the end. It was so hard dealing with the missed miscarraige - 2 weeks of waiting to "pass" the baby and not. To know that the blood that is leaving me is finally the shedding of the lining that held that baby is bittersweet. Obviously, I wish I was 19-20 weeks pregnant instead of starting again, but I'm so glad that we are making progress. To not have that pregnancy continue, but not be able to start again was AWFUL.

My lining was so thick that I was warned that my period would be unusually heavy - but this is getting ridiculous! I'm bleeding through a super plus tampon in less than 2 hours. "google" says that this much bleeding should be brought to a doctor - but I know that my lining was super thick and was warned about this. Maybe I'll call my clinic just to check.

I'm anemic in general and especially after my D&C. I'm worried I"ll pass out now.... I keep taking TONS of iron supplements....

Now that I'm done talking about myself - onto you guys!

Sonya - congrats! I had a feeling this was the one. Just think positive thoughts from here on out - you have more than a 95% chance of having a healthy baby this summer!

Anna - wow. I'm so sorry. That sucks so much....

Baby blu - pregnant with twins AND managed to get a picture to work - you are my role model!

Krys - it took me a while to figure it out. Sonya gave very clear instructions a few pages back

Tammy - I get a lot of shit from my mom about this whole thing ("why don't you take a break from TTC and go to law school?" WTF?!) Sometimes you just have to avoid certain topics with certain people. I'm sorry. It's so hard when those closest to us just don't understand what we are dealing with at all.

Bakersbaby - yeah for starting! I just started too (FET)! It's so great to be past the waiting and actully doing something! Enjoy your injections!

Cheri - I agree - we need a bikini blinkie for Rio!

[DandMe]

Evening Ladies...I have got to get better about doing personals, but I have been so busy with work and life it is just a struggle to stay caught up! This board is beyond crazy!

AFM - I start Lupron tomorrow night at 7pm! YAY! I am so excited and nervous about getting started. I hope I can give myself that shot! I know I can! We will be celebrating DH's birthday and the opening day of Deer season Friday...LOL...he shares a birthday with his sister, 11/20, so we are flying to California on Saturday! I bought a tupperware container today to transport my meds that will fit into my purse. I will attempt to stay on top of reading on here while I'm gone, but we have such a crazy busy schedule! We will be back home 11/28!

Best of luck and love to everyone! Happy Thanksgiving!

I remember being so excited about my shots... I could finally do *something* towards getting pregnant. They are not that big of a deal. I didn't like the needles that came in my Lupron kit and got my own insulin needles from the pharmacy - they seemed a lot sharper and less painful. I am so surprised, I was told that my Lupron had to be kept cold all the time and had to pack a little mini cooler with me to Vegas and back!? My clinic even gave me a letter stating the details to get me through security. Enjoy your trip to California - I'm sure your DH will have a happy birthday!

[DandMe]

duplicate.

[DandMe]

My perid is SUCKING. OUCH. I'm sitting at work in SOOOOO much pain. But I'm so glad to know that this is the end. It was so hard dealing with the missed miscarraige - 2 weeks of waiting to "pass" the baby and not. To know that the blood that is leaving me is finally the shedding of the lining that held that baby is bittersweet. Obviously, I wish I was 19-20 weeks pregnant instead of starting again, but I'm so glad that we are making progress. To not have that pregnancy continue, but not be able to start again was AWFUL.

My lining was so thick that I was warned that my period would be unusually heavy - but this is getting ridiculous! I'm bleeding through a super plus tampon in less than 2 hours. "google" says that this much bleeding should be brought to a doctor - but I know that my lining was super thick and was warned about this. Maybe I'll call my clinic just to check.

I'm anemic in general and especially after my D&C. I'm worried I"ll pass out now.... I keep taking TONS of iron supplements....

Tammy - I get a lot of shit from my mom about this whole thing ("why don't you take a break from TTC and go to law school?" WTF?!) Sometimes you just have to avoid certain topics with certain people. I'm sorry. It's so hard when those closest to us just don't understand what we are dealing with at all.

Ugh on the heavy menses... I never had heavy menses unless dealing with a m/c. They did get worse on the meds because my lining was thicker, but I dealt with it. Before ART, my period consisted of spotting for a day, then about two days of average (two tampons a day) then two light days and then done. And I never bled at night.... never needed even a pantyliner. Strange, huh? With that much bleeding I'd call your clinic.. that sounds excessive! Keep your fluids up!

My MIL is a nut. She wants me to be pregnant, yet constantly tells me "that can't be good for your body" referring to ART. My own mom deserves a medal... she's been there for us every single step of the way, good and bad. When are you scheduled for your FET??

[klinger13]

Good morning ladies! It really has been a picture explosion on this thread and I LOVE it!! Everyone's pictures are so great and it's really cool to put the faces with the screen names.

Margi - I'm so excited for you today! Good luck with your IUI and enjoy your acupuncture! You'll be PUPO in just a few hours!

Kelly - YAY for starting Lupron!! It's always so exciting to move on to the next step in the process. Have a great trip!

Leora - Hope this AF lightens up for you! I mean I know you were expecting heavy, but damn, that's scary heavy! Be careful!

Rio – You POAS diva you! Can’t wait to hear how today’s tests are looking. I have a feeling you’ve got more than one cooking in there!

Tammy – Hope you get the go ahead to start stims tonight! I was thinking optimistically and put you under Grow Follies Grow.

AFM, Gotta wrap this up because I need to walk the dog and get ready to leave for my u/s. I'm so nervous and excited my stomach is doing flip-flops. Will post when I get home.


-hopefullintime (Dee) – Sept/Oct
-yingz - FET Sept
-Sher – FET Sept/Oct
-kbillsy – Sept/Oct
-anacris (Nov)
-Wondercat – in our thoughts
-babidreamz – starting IVM early Oct
-amanda1979 – Waiting until January
-ttg1219 (Tiff) – hysteroscopy 11.19, start Lupron 11.21
-Krys – started estrogen 11.11, lining check 11.23, FET 11.25
-leorira11 (Leora) – started estrogen 11.16, FET hopefully within the next 3 weeks


-x0Heather0x - FET


-jenna81078 – BCPs, baseline 11.8
-taxcplforivf (Ginger) – BCPs, waiting for calendar
-lauren1171 – stop BCP 11.14, start stims 11.20, ER approx 12.3
-ChelleDe (Michelle) – start BCP 10.25, start meds approx 11.22 if SnS good


-rypell1985 (Ryann) – start Lupron 10.11, lining check 11.29, FET 12.3
-zen_scrapper – start Lupron 11.10, approx ER 12.7
-BakersBaby (Kelly) – start BCPs 11.1, start Lupron 11.18, start stims approx 12/1-12/3


-TammyS – start stims 11.18 (if SnS ok)


-karin1 – BCP, start Lupron 10.19, ED starts stims 11.1, ER for ED 11.14 w/ ET 11.19
-margi26 – IUI start stims 11.9, IUI 11.18


-riogirl71 – start stims 10.27, ER 11.6 w/ ET 11.9, Beta 11.22
-jennieswa – started estrogen patches 10.26, SnS 11.6, FET 11.11, Beta 11.22
-karenthescorpio – start Lupron 10.17, start stims 10.28, ER 11.9 w/ ET 11.15, Beta 11.23
-Karian – start stims 10.30, ER approx 11.8, ER 11.10 w/ ET 11.15
-moorebaby (Ester) – start Lupron 10.22, start stims 11.2, ER 11.13 w/ ET 11.16, Beta 11.27
-Cheri76 – start stims 11.2, ER 11.13 w/ ET 11.15, Beta 11.30


-hopeforbabies (Teresa) – ER 9.7, ET 9.10, Beta 9.22 = 276, 9.24 = 534, u/s 10.1 – Twins, Next u/s 10.11 – Singleton
-Tess69 – FET 9.22, Beta 10.1 = 150, 10.6=1066, 10.13 = 15000, u/s 10.26 - Singleton
-macfamily – ER 10.5 w/ ET 10.8, Beta 10.19 = 143, 10.21 = 393, u/s 11.2
-FrecklesDC (Kaylie) – ER 10.12, ET 10.15, Beta 10.26 = 123, 10.28 = 256, u/s 11.4 – Singleton, u/s 11.11 – saw HB
-baby_blu73 – ER 10.13, ET 10.17, Beta 10.26 = 273, 10.28 = 660, u/s 11.4 – Twins
-DandMe (Sonya) – ER 10.12 w/ ET 10.17, Beta 10.26 = 137.8, 10.28 = 351, 11.2 = 2826, 11.4 = 6060, 11.8 = 19840, u/s 11.17 - Singleton
-Cassmaster – ER 10.14 w/ ET 10.19, Beta 10.28 = 32, 10.30 = 78, 11.1 = 248, 11.4 = 2120, 11.6 = 5498, u/s 11.12 – Singleton
-klinger13 (Amanda) – ER 10.21 w/ ET 10.24, Beta 11.4 = 266, 11.8 = 1126, 11.11 = 3066, 11.15 = TBD, u/s 11.18
-amesy – ET 10.22, BFP 11.5, b/w & u/s 11.25
-crystal335 – start stims 10.16, ER 10.28 w/ ET 11.2, Beta 11.11 = 355, Beta 11.13 = 926, u/s 11.29

on your journey
-DCRunningMama
-Tiger04
-dvcantu7378 (Victoria)
-turtle0619 (Franny)
-chilipepperrose46
-lauren319
-lou71
-BLang4d (Brandy)
-starwishes
-Anniegirl
-Meinemo
-NancyB
-eyes230
-Osi
-Lauren
-kynlee
-annashope

Waiting for an update
-dawgs1257 – ER 9.3 w/ ET 9.6, Beta 9.20 - ??
-jla018 – stimming away - ??
-shahney (Alicia) – started stims 9.16 - ??
-coop2010 – start Lupron 9.17, Follistim 10.1, ER approx 10.9, ET approx 10.14 - ??
-carebear77 (Carrie) – ER 10.11, ET ??
-andrea4 – ER 10.10 w/ ET 10.13, Beta TBD ??
-LisaB75 – start Lupron 10.6, start stims 10.23??