C'mon O! 
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Originally Posted by AmandaMom
 AmandaHope - Congrats on doing your two IUI's! I'm sure your timing was impeccable, and I will help by visualizing and sending out positive thoughts into the universe for you!
C'mon O! |
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Originally Posted by LibraryLady
Hey gals~
Sorry to vanish, but it was a pretty tough weekend. We kept trying peesticks and thought we were getting faint pos lines, then AF showed up and after that I didn't want to do anything. Sorry about the other bfns on the boards, and continuing luck and good wishes for everyone who's still in the game at this point. We're desperate to have another try, but have used up all of our sperm money and aren't really sure how to proceed at this point. This would be one of the times when it'd be good to have a kd, but that's just not an option for us. Still feeling low and wishing I could make some sort of positive action. UGH UGH!! |
s Lady, I'm so so sorry. I had the same faint positive thing going on the last cycle and it was horrible how it messed with our heads and hearts. I hope that some way to pay for continued frozen swimmers becomes clear. Borrowing money from family? Care Credit (I know it can be used to buy sperm)?|
Originally Posted by maxK
AFM, My missed ovulation was on Monday I think. That puts me back at the drawing board after missing this cycle. I feel more prepared though; every month is a learning experience. I will never return sperm again, I'll hold out till I ovulate!
 I am making an appointment for another round of blood work and to have another ultrasound using salt water. |
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Originally Posted by AmandaMom
AFM, just waiting for AF to show up. I came across this site yesterday. It's an updated version of the movie they showed us in health class.  Still very interesting! |
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Originally Posted by Coco99
About us.4DPO and nothing to report... temps look good so far, at least we know for sure that DP ovulated and our timing seems ok... other than that, I am trying not to look too much at our chart, the last cycle we tried, our chart was just too perfect to be true and we ended up with a BFN anyway !
Here is our chart just for fun ! http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/cocoval Hope that you are all doing well ! Coco xxx |
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Originally Posted by wehrli
my appt went great! much better than i could have anticipated. no issues about being lesbian, he is doing everything in his power to make this cycle work, he even is more than willing to use our sperm bank (which the sperm is prewashed) and take the cost of washing and analysis off of the bill. and insurance is covering almost everything. i have an ultrasound this afternoon and will probably start clomid today, and have another u/s around next friday and will be triggering sometime soon after and then he does one IUI 36 hrs later. i am going to try really hard to let myself relax and let the doc do his thing and not worry about opks, and timing in general...
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Originally Posted by AmandaMom
AFU, we had a big disappointment yesterday. We finally got all the necessary paperwork and signatures to get registered at TSBC, but when I went to order the swimmers, it turned out our #1 donor choice was unavailable because he had met his family limit. Apparently ten women are now pregnant with his sperm! I was very upset, to the point of tears. When we checked a few weeks ago, he only had 8 pending pregnancies, but in the back of my mind I guess I thought this might happen. He's got some strong swimmers! We got to looking at our #2 choice, and he isn't so bad. I had them send 3 vials to my RE's office, and we will be inseminating in about 3 short (ha ha!) weeks. |
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Originally Posted by maxK
sarahcecile- I have heard (I think it's in the Brill book) that some women ovulate twice a month, so they have one that comes when they are not expecting. You may want to pay attention to that, you might find you are ovulating twice.
AFM- Just waiting for my next cycle to start! I'm excited.  |
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Originally Posted by wehrli
afm, i had my first ultrasound this afternoon... it was vaginal... it was unexpectedly uncomfortable... not awful, but i guess i didn't expect him to move it around so much... now i see why it is called the dildo-cam. i called and ordered the swim team, started clomid tonight, i have a mid-cycle ultrasound next saturday to have a follie check, trigger shot is arriving via ups on thursday, if follie/lining check is good on sat then trigger sun morn and iui monday evening. WOW! it's all happening so fast! i am used to Oing on CD17, inseming on CD16 and now we will be inseming CD13 (our lucky number). WOW! and now i can just sit back and relax... well, try to anyway.  |
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Originally Posted by mtnlisa
Wehrli--the hsg was NOT fun, but at least it was brief. My cervix was shut very tight and apparently folded somewhat so she had to clamp it, ugh. But...it was great to see that my tubes are open and everything looks great! all signs are still pointing to a possible insem this month. Lets sit back and relax together!
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Originally Posted by AmandaMom
AmandaHope - I agree with wehrli, OPK's don't always work for everyone; follow your intuition! And good luck!
mtnlisa AFM, AF is here! I never thought I'd be so excited. This makes it Day 1 of the cycle of my first insemination, and Day 1 of the cycle I get pregnant! This will be my last period for many months! I'm all about positive thinking and visualization. |
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Originally Posted by AmandaHope
Second insem (IUI) done...so now (to use Lyndzies' term), I'm marinating (done inseminating, waiting to O)! I'm doing lots of visualization of the egg dropping into a cloud of healthy, vigorous sperm...here's hoping! |
when is O expected? what type on insems are you doing? frozen or KD?
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Originally Posted by wehrli
escher, welcome! i hope your stay here is short!!
when is O expected? what type on insems are you doing? frozen or KD? |
that this is your month, you and your DP deserve it! when is DP testing?
to all
don't stress... just give your body some time... i bet in a few days your chart just might show you O'd exactly when you thought you would! thinking of you and keep us posted. 
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Originally Posted by mtnlisa
afu--still having hot flashes from the clomid so I don't know how useful charting is going to be this cycle--we started POAS today, and we'll just be watching. We feel like everything is falling into place, but at the same time we have a few small windows of workable days vying against my cycle history which could have me ovulating anywhere between day 19 and 40 . . . waiting waiting waiting |
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Originally Posted by Coco99
[COLOR="Teal"][ As for us... nothing new... 7DPO... and its just long... and kinda scary. I really am running out of patience with this TTC journey... its been close to two years and a half now....... I am just SO ready... Coco xxx |
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Originally Posted by AmandaHope
Well...cd 16 today. I did inseminations on Friday and Saturday, and my cervix was super open then and has since closed up a bit, but my temperature still hasn't risen, and I've still gotten all negative OPKs. I'm willing to consider that the OPKs just don't work for me reliably (they used to!), but the lack of a temp rise has me really discouraged. I do tend to have a slow rise (two days), so I didn't panic yesterday when my temp didn't jump...but today?! Sigh. I'm thinking that at the end of this cycle, I'll do a phone consult with Maia Midwifery (they helped us get started with DD when we lived in the Bay Area)--maybe they can help me figure this out! But I'm really sad right now.
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Originally Posted by wehrli
afm, also waiting, waiting, waiting.... but i feel relaxed and positive! DP and i had a wonderful weekend... i just love, love, love her!!! |
Yay for great partners! I am going to wait till 14dpo to test, since I was burned last cycle with imaginary lines. So I think I will be testing on March 28th. If I get tempted you all need to talk me down!
for everyone, this is our month! Have you had anovulatory cycles before? If not...I'm with wehrli! that'll do the trick!
for you! Good luck at your u/s tomorrow!
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Originally Posted by wehrli
coco, hang in there... that this is your month, you and your DP deserve it! when is DP testing?l |
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Originally Posted by AmandaHope
Well...cd 16 today. I did inseminations on Friday and Saturday, and my cervix was super open then and has since closed up a bit, but my temperature still hasn't risen, and I've still gotten all negative OPKs. I'm willing to consider that the OPKs just don't work for me reliably (they used to!), but the lack of a temp rise has me really discouraged. I do tend to have a slow rise (two days), so I didn't panic yesterday when my temp didn't jump...but today?! Sigh. I'm thinking that at the end of this cycle, I'll do a phone consult with Maia Midwifery (they helped us get started with DD when we lived in the Bay Area)--maybe they can help me figure this out! But I'm really sad right now.
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Originally Posted by Coco99
Oh I know thats tough....... Do you have your FF link ? I'd like to look at it if you dont mind...
I will be thinking about ya ! Coco xxx |
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Originally Posted by AmandaHope
Thanks, Coco. Here is the link:
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