Welcome to the August thread, ladies!!! This is a thread for those who have been TTC for a long time, whether 6 months, 12 months, or more. At this point many of us are at or past 1 or 2 years, many have had losses, many are dealing with various forms of infertility, and some are just in a waiting period until they can TTC again.
The name? Well, all things considered we tend to be a little bitter 
sometimes. So read with care 
. And due to everything, our emotions run a little 
raw 
like sushi. Too many cycles of BFN and CD1 sushi & sake to console ourselves. This TTC business is something that seems to "just happen" for so many...but we just can't seem to get it right. So this is where we can be together, share and express anything.
sometimes. So read with care . And due to everything, our emotions run a little raw like sushi. Too many cycles of BFN and CD1 sushi & sake to console ourselves. This TTC business is something that seems to "just happen" for so many...but we just can't seem to get it right. So this is where we can be together, share and express anything.
~Current Bitter Sushi Ladies~
borobaby - TTC #2 for 7 months.
collieflower - TTC #2 for a year, with 2 m/c (and another before DC#1).
enigo - Has one beautiful son, trying to conceive after three losses.
inwaiting - TTC #1 for 14 months, with one ectopic.
jenger - Mama to DD (4/07) TTC #2 since August 2009.
jennabella - TTC #2 since July 2009, with a loss in February 2010 and a loss in July 2010.
justhinkn - TTC #2 since summer 2009, just starting IF testing with DH.
kalamos23 - TTC #2 since May '09 with three losses 06/09, 02/10, 7/10.
keria - TTC #1 since October 2008.
kinza - TTC #1 since November 2008, DH with lowish count and Type 1 Diabetes.
lapis - TTC #1 since August 2008. Living in a new country with a calmer lifestyle and trying not to get sucked into the TTC vacuum.
littlest birds - TTC for 10 months after VR.
mahnamahna - Mama to 1 amazing son, TTC #2 for one year, natural parenting blogger.
maurine - TTC since August 2009 and moving on to IUI.
millefleur - 34, happily unmarried to my beloved DP since 2005. Started TTC our first in Summer 2008. Nine week miscarriage December 2008. TTC again since June 2009 without interventions.
miriam bat avraham - TTC #1 for 18 months, currently seeking treatment for infertility, with no abnormal blood tests so far. Ovulating normally after one year with no ovulation.
mrs.nap515 - TTC #1 with DH. Hormone deficiencies and hypothalmic amenorrhea.
rcr - TTC since summer 2009, and NTNP since summer 2008 with male factor and one loss in August 2010. 36 YO.
simplyrochelle - TTC #1 on and off since 5/2007, m/c at 12 weeks 9/08.
slylives - TTC #2 since January 2009. 1 ectopic, 2 early miscarriages, 3 unsuccessful rounds on Clomid and now on my first IVF cycle.
sweetest77 - 38 y/o, TTC #3 since May 09, after VR.
tara2 - TTC #4 (#2 for DH) since October 2009, DH with low count.
taxlady - 34 and gluten-free with Crohn's, married to high school teacher DH (35), TTC #1 since 8/09 and mother to two furry cats.
tear78 - 31 year old elementary school teacher. Married to hubby since 2006. Love camping, fishing, reading, and working in the yard at our beautiful new tiny little home. TTC #1 since May 2008, m/c 12/08 and 2/09. Seeking medical help and trying to remember when hope was strong and healthy.
xtara2003x - TTC #2 since June 2009, 2 losses in 2010, praying for a 2011 baby.
~In our thoughts, on hold, and/or waiting~
belovedk - Mama of 2 (15yo DS, 10yo DD). Wife to one incredible man. Residing in Central VA. TTC someone new since November 2008, m/c 7/09. An avid bellydancer and firedancer, who works part time doing hair, and who is giving her loving energy nowadays more toward her DH than TTC.kparker - TTC #1 since 9/08 with male factor, now waiting to start in January with donor sperm.
laggie - TTC #1 since Fall 2009 with male factor issues.
mi_dawn - lost baby William (born still 4/09) and two m/c in 09.
milk8shake - 26, TTC #1 since 4/09. Battling endo, uterine abnormality and recurrent pregnancy loss. Awaiting results before taking the next step, whatever that may be...
BSL BFPs!!! stick little babies, stick, stick, stick...
jenniferadurham - Due April 2011.
babygrey - Due April 2011.
apricot- TTC since 11/08, m/c 4/09 and ectopic 12/09. Due March 2011.
grapesbunch - Expecting #1 after 21 months TTC.
rachwms - Due 11/10.
finnegansmom - Due 2/11.
barefootgirl - Due 12/10.
jessica_s - Due January 2011.
qbear'smama - Due December 2010.
kellyttc#1 - Due December 1, 2010 after TTC #1 for almost 3 years.
yummyyumyummama - Due 11/22/2010.
carlyle - Due 10/1/10 after TTC #2 for over 12 months.
lyndzies - Due 10/4/10 after TTC #1 for 10 months.
aidanraynesmom - Due 9/10.
maerynpearl - Due 9/14/10.
Here is a link to our "graduates" thread!
(Please let the threadkeeper know if your info needs to be updated. New ladies are always welcome, but please join with care.)
CD10 here, and planning on starting the OPKs tomorrow or the day after...
That would be so Murphy's Law, and I wouldn't mind at all - I've given up on keeping life neat!
congrats on the new job!
Oh, thank goodness...
Here's to August.....may we have MANY BSL BFP's this month!!!! Let's bring on the 
(37 next week) and our difficulties getting pregnant. However, I've had 3 miscarriages, so I'm a bit skeptical about spending $12,000 on something that may be doomed to fail for me. I'm supposed to call on CD 1 for an ultrasound Day 3-5; I assume this is for cycle-monitoring? The RE didn't explain well and I was a basket case, so I didn't ask my usual barrage of questions. The following week we head to the recurrent miscarriage clinic.
..we're here for you when you need us.
The beta base isn't working for some reason, but I found this article, and it made me happy- 
