Cycling In 2012 Board (formerly Fall/Winter 2011-2012)

[Neffi211]

Nidle- Black friday is the biggest shopping day of the year in the US. The Friday after Thanksgiving all the stores open really early and have crazy sales and its total madness. Some stores open at midnight and people wait in lines all night long....but you can get really good deals!

[Neffi211]

Ninde-- sorry, misspelled your name!

We-- sorry you aren't feeling well after your procedure. Take time to rest and heal

[HopeThisWorksM]

Hi Guys,
Well we had the first ultrasound tonight. The sac is formed beautifly and to our surprise we were able to see a little heart fluttering!!! We could hear it sometimes but it is still small and the doctor had a hard time keeping it on the US. It was sooo amazing to see this! Words cannot express the joy we are feeling right now. Continuing to pray that things keep progressing smoothly! Next US will be in 1 week from now, next Friday 11/25!
-HopeThisWorksM

•Beta Test #1 - 11/1/2011 (8 days after 5d transfer) 4:15 PM- Beta 146
•Beta Test #2 - 11/3/2011 (10 days after 5d transfer) 3 PM- Beta 284 (doubling time = 48.96 Hours)
•Beta Test #3 - 11/8/2011 (15 days after 5d transfer) 6:45 AM - Beta 886 (doubling time = 68.23 Hours)
•Beta Test #4 - 11/10/2011 (17 days after 5d transfer) 6:45 AM - Beta 1653 (doubling time = 51.45 Hours)
•UltraSound #1 - 11/18/2011 (25 days after 5d transfer) 4PM - One Little Heart Fluttering!
•UltraSound #2 - 11/25/2011 (32 days after 5d transfer) 10AM - ?????

[Sunshine1576]

Hope and Blessed that is such exciting news!
Maria, Glad the surgery went well today, keep plenty of rest this weekend.
Amy, Have fun in Las Vegas, will look forward to hearing all about your trip with your mom for her birthday.

AFM: Went to a special event downtown Panama City called "Grills Gone Wild"--community event and dh had purchased two tickets. Over 25 venders set up their barbeque grills along the campus... We walked around with our plate sampling all kinds of ribs, brisket, bbq shrimp, gumbo, and even fresh catfish. Had a fun night with him and his colleagues.

[Gina1976]

Ninde- That's must be where I get it from. Eventually I get everything I want.......just ask DH. lol. It WILL happen for me, it's just a matter of WHEN! We did a gingerbread house once but the packet it came didn't have enough of everything so we had to buy too. Want to try one from scratch!!

Maria- Glad things went well and nothing seemed alarming. I'm sure the tissue is nothing to worry about. Your son is still very much on my heart and my mind. I hope it's okay but I asked my parents to pray for him as well as members of their church.

Hope- That is wonderful news

[Ninde]

Hi ladies

I have no idea if this will work - I was trying photobucket. These are my ladybird cupcakes from last weekend

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc4 ... 180418.jpg

I promise to do some personals later

Ninde

[Ninde]

Aha - so if you post the html code it shows the photo rather than the link?

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Ninde

[Neffi211]

YAY! Started my estrace and Viagra today! Come On LINING! in ten days we will know if this works! The vaginal viagra is going to be a mess, I can tell already. The pharmacist said "you should lay down for 30 mins after" well thats not happening since I have to do it 4 times a day! I do have work, and toddler and a life....so looks like its just going to be messy and I hope that my body absorbs enough of it to make a difference!

[Gina1976]

Ninde- Those are cute! You did a great job!!

[Gina1976]

Today is my sons 12th Birthday. He's one awesome and wonderful kid. He never gets in any trouble at school or with us. He never makes an enemy, only friends. We have been so busy with him today and we love it. First it was breakfast in bed, pancakes, crescent rolls and a Dr P. He usually has coffee. Then we went to see Jack and Jill (funny!!) and Chili's for a late lunch. We are now getting ready to go bowling and taking a couple of his friends with us. One of them are staying the night. Tomorrow he's having a party at the pool....Apparently saying a pool at the party is girly lol.

Oh and he made a 36.6 grade pt average this semester Would have been more but changing teachers on him messed things up. That's fine though we are very proud!!

It's sorta bittersweet because in just a couple weeks we started trying for number two.


Happy Birthday Michael

[jayne321]

HI all~ I'm still crazy busy at work so that is why I go MIA. It's kind of nice to be distracted. When I had time off work for IVF #2, I felt like I was going crazy thinking about it all of the time. I get so busy with my patients, that I hardly think about it. Until one of those damn pregnant nurses walk by...

And yes, Leora... I'm a ICU nurse. I work in the cardiac unit.

Leora~ I'm so excited that the transfer went well. I've been thinking of you. You're getting closer to POAS, right? Oh my. So scary and exciting at the same time.

Gina~ Happy birthday to your son. I'm so glad you have him. This whole infertility stuff has made us appreciate our son so much more than I think we would have if it all would have been easy.

Neffi~ Oh my... cracks me up that they want you to lay down for two hours a day with a toddler. Yay, right? Sorry for the mess. No fun.

Ninde~ I couldn't open your photos. I really wish this board was easier to attach photos. So annoying. I loved the '"ides of march". What a great movie.

Sunshine~ my DH would have loved the grill feast.

Hopethisworks~ I am so happy that your saw a heartbeat. What a relief! I know the miscarry rates drop a lot once you see that little heart fluttering. congrats!

Wehavehope~glad the procedure is behind you. I hope you get some answers soon. I asked my RE about doing this on me but he didn't think it was our problem and said it was painful. Just curious... why did your RE recommend it? Thinking of you.

LYD~ I tried hot yoga once and thought I would die. What a workout. Glad your head is healing.

kerpuddles~ have fun in Vegas.

Blessed~ so nice to hear your good beta number. So happy for you.

Julia~thinking of you. Just wanted to pass on that my RE wanted me to try DHEA 25 mg 3x a day because it may help with egg quality. You can buy it at a health food store. He said you have to take it for one month.

AFM~ Our doctor's appt went well. He ruled out the surrogate option. He said we could try another cycle or two on our own and then go to donor eggs. I would like to go straight to donor eggs because I feel like I'm at the end of my road but DH wants to try at least one more. I would love to have another child that is genetically ours but I'm OK moving on. I'm starting to feel like all of these hormones are so unhealthy and it scares me a little to continue.

[blueeyedreamer]

Ninde- If you copy the IMG code, all you have to do is paste it in the reply box and your pic will show. Cute cupcakes.

[leorira11]

Christy - I love to "dance" with my dog (pick up his front paws and waltz around with him), but DH says it's mean and the dog hates it. (couldn't find a dancing lab, but here's a dancing dog!)

So sorry to hear your neighbor is moving away. That's so hard! I hope they stay very close in touch. -- I also love my hairstylist. I just want my hair to look nice when I just wash and wear - and she totally gets that. I'm still getting a ton of compliments on my hair cut, and that was a few MONTHS ago!

Rosie - you are too funny! I haven't been back to the USA since before my first IVF, so I haven't stocked up on FRERs! Too awkward to have someone bring them for me I have my internet cheapies, which should work just fine. Those HPTs are looking awesome! I can't wait to hear your number today!

Laura - congrats on starting Lupron. I know how you feel, that this whole thing sucks, but at least it feels good to start again. I also completely agree that the TVu/s while I have my period is DISGUSTING. I feel really bad for the tech!

Patricia (Ninde) - yup - True Blood season 3 introducing a NEW totally hot guy who also has the hots for Sookie. That girl gets all the hot guys running after her, I don't get it! And Alcide (the sexy werewolf) uses every possible opportunity to remove his shirt! Whippeee!
BTW, any beta less than 5 is considered a negative. Very few women get an actual zero. The nasal spray is the same type of stuff as the Lupron injections. Here in Israel, the nasal spray is also used for agonist protocols. As for when to cycle again, I didn't wait at all after my miscarriage. We cycled on my next AF. That was a FET, so I'm not sure if that is different.

Nicole (blue eyed) - big hugs. I know how awful it is to be getting a period when you are supposed to still be pregnant.

Julia - ugh. Bleeding because of leftover cysts? I've never heard of that before, but it sounds super sucky.

Maria -so glad to hear the surgery went well. Feel better!

Neffi - I don't know what to do about the Estrace. I 'cheated' and took more than my doctor prescribed (and then they bumped my dosage up to exactly what I had been taking!). Ask your doctor and tell him your concerns. I hope the birth mother thing works out for the best, whatever that is.

Fruit - hi! I hope to have 2 lines to show you soon!

blessed - congrats! Beta is still doubling well! What's the next step? Another beta, or an u/s?.

Amy (kerpupples) - nice to have a name for the 'face'! I love H&M! They just opened their first store in Jerusalem. Actually the place in the mall where a movie theater used to be - and it's huge! They have great clothes - and maternity clothes - and really cute baby/kids stuff. Have a great time in VEGAS!

Lydia - glad to hear you went back to something you like. I've never tried hot yoga, but I have a friend who loves it. I have an odd aversion to yoga -- when I was in high school (a strict girl's religious school), we had school from 8am-6pm which was intense. We only had 1 gym period per week -and we would use that time to run around like crazy (play dodgeball, or soccer, or basketball - something high energy). One year, instead of a regular gym teacher, we got a yoga teacher. So for our ONE hour of free time, we had to sit and do 'relaxing' yoga when all we wanted to do was run around! I haven't really tried yoga since!

Bodie - If you want to really obsess about your miscarriage odds, check out http://www.pregnancycharts.org. They have a calculator which will calculate your odds of miscarriage based on a ton of different factors. From what I remember, after 10 weeks (assuming all is good up until then), your odds of miscarriage drop to 10% of your age (ie, I'm 25, so my odds would be 2.5%).

HopeThisWorksM - YAY! A heartbeat is fantastic! Congrats!

Gina - happy birthday to your son!

AFM - I'm feeling miserable today. ugh. I think it's the nerves getting to me. I woke up feeling soooo nauseated. I puked after getting off the bus at work, but I'm still feeling awful. Such a bad tummy ache. I blame my midnight ramen noodles and stress. Ick. (And no, I don't think it's a pregnancy symptom. I believe that you can't really have pregnancy symptoms until your hcg is at least high enough to register on a HPT!)

No POAS yet... I know! I'm being so 'good' about it! DH really wants me to wait until Tuseday (6dp5dt), but I think I'll break down tomorrow.

Fingers crossed!

[Gina1976]

Leora- Thanks.We were with him and his friends from 11:30am-1am! Will be nice swimming today at his party.


I really hope you get that BFP! Been saying lots of prayers for you. You and your DH truly deserve this!!!

[blessed143]

Hi ladies. Posting on my phone. My laptop finally quit on me. Boo. Since it is way to hard I have not been able to post or do personals. I'm thinking of you all. Thank you fot all your kind words and thoughts. I have an u/s on dec 3 our is it the 2? Its a friday the first week of dec. Leora-praying f for you. Really hope you get your bfp
maria, still have you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. I know how hard it is. My dad passed away when I was 15 from amassive heart atyack. My mom and dad divorced when I was ypung. I pray your don is doing well. Although I'm sure he is still morning.
Sorey nt screen is no longer spring me what is coming up so..thinking of you all and really need to get mhy computer fixed so ii can keep up with personals. I keep reading but its a pain to try top respond .