TTC 6+ Months October Support Thread - Page 2

[funnygrace]

Punquin--I am so sorry to hear about your new cycle. (I have started to have similar feelings about never being a mother.) If you feel like you want to tell us about your stats and get some advise, please let us know. You might not be up for it. I really want you to get pregnant! Your charts look good and some of us have been through some preliminary testing and different nutritional/other therapies we could tell you about: cost, experience, results, etc. As I recall, you are going through a high-stress period at work and don't currently have health insurance. As I've mentioned, one of the best parts of getting acupuncture is having someone to look at my charts with and feel positive about our chances. We might be able to be a bit of that for you until you get your insurance. As oceanmommy mentions, 90% of us will be pregnant in the next year. Those are good chances.

allisonrose--thanks for sharing your HSG experience. Very helpful! I'm a 12+ ttcer too (this is cycle #15--we started last Sept). Just pretending over here... and staying in touch with these great women. Oh, and I started supplemental progesterone (prescription Prometrium as suppositories) last month. It was a bit yucky--especially after a few days of it--and it stayed in my system for a while in the new cycle (see chart) but it seems to have cleared and I ovulated yesterday/last night. And everything feels good (I was worried about infection). I think I'll do a lower dose for this cycle.

[allisonrose]

punkin just wanted to say that I know how you feel.

oceanmommy if I had to do the HSG over again - I would. I would have taken more ibuprofen though! I believe your doctor could code it as a diagnostic for irregular periods. I believe the hospital charged my insurance company $800 (I don't know where the benefit statement went off to).

I emailed my mom on Friday and told her my period was definitely coming (AF showed up yesterday) and while she believes in staying positive, this is a huge disappointment to me. She has told me several times "when it's right, it'll happen". I tried to explain to her that some couple just can't get pregnant even if all the tests come back okay. (Can you tell she didn't have any difficulty getting pregnant?) I haven't heard from her. Only my hubby and you lovely ladies seem to understand how much this sucks.

[ChristyM26]

Welcome to allisonrose.

punquin. I totally understand how you feel. All I want is to be pregnant. I think I'd trade my soul for it at this point. And I'm getting tired of hearing people talk about how miserable they are pregnant. I may start offing women I work with, one by one.

I've been off for a couple days, which was nice. I didn't temp all weekend, so I have no clue what my body's up to, except that there's no af and no cm. So it's cd40, which leaves 6 days to my longest cycle yet. And ff pulled the crosshairs Ihad cause it thinks I didn't o. I don't know what to think, what with moving and the ant attack. I'm pretty sure I o'd somewhere in there. Just can't tell where.

[HopesMom]

Stephanie-- I am so sorry sweetie. I know the pain. I am short on wisdom, but hangt in there.

13DPO here and a few cramps and the nausea is abating. So... I know its not over til its over, but I'm trying really hard to accept that its over. B/c I need to decide what to do for next month.

[SarahJen]

allisonrose - thanks for sharing your HSG experience, I'll be sure to remember the advil before (if) I have to do it next month. I'm worried about it beign painful because my gyn told me that my uterus is tipped and one of my ovaries is behind it (which he said he's only seen once before, yay me for originality I guess). Some people have written that it was more painful with a tipped uterus, I suppose I'll find out if that's true if I have to go myself.

punquin - I'm so sorry, I know how you feel too - I guess we all do.

I had a rotten day myself, went out for lunch with DH to take my mind off things only to end up in a restaurant hosting a huge baby shower with three or four preggers and at least one million babies and kids : just my luck, and I'm extra emotional as it is. my temps dropped a bit this morning so I'm anxious about taking them again tomorrow. I've felt crampy for a week and I keep saying it's different this time and then five seconds later saying it isn't so who knows. waiting and hoping as usual.

[Hezzy]

Oh, Punquin I totally know the feeling of it's never going to happen. I have it all the time now, it seems.

Hopesmom - I'm sorry it looks like AF is on her way. I'll hold out hope -- who knows? They say it can be the same symptoms. :

Allisonrose! Sorry AF just showed. I hope you get it this cycle!

I know I'm missing lots of personals here. I'm having a bad day. It's partly because I'm tired and partly because my weekend hasn't been great, but it's also because of all this TTC stuff. I just want it so much and I'm so tired of this. I'm very down about it.

Anyway, I don't mean to dump. I'm very hopeful for a bunch of people here this month. I can't tell you how much hope it would give me if a bunch of you ladies turned up pregnant soon!

[ItyBty]

s: for you punquin - I honestly do know that feeling. It stinks, it's rotten and no fun at all...

Allisonrose - thanks for answering my HSG question. We havent foudn out yet if our insurance will cover it or not, I need to know, because our insurance is pretty sucky, so they might not cover it, and that would make things tight around here.

[HopesMom]

Originally Posted by SarahJen

punquin - I'm so sorry, I know how you feel too - I guess we all do.

I've felt crampy for a week and I keep saying it's different this time and then five seconds later saying it isn't so who knows. waiting and hoping as usual.

:

ladies. A lot of us are truly hurting right now, and I sure wish I could fix it. (if one more person tells me that if I relax it'll just happen, I think I'll )

[SarahJen]

I'm really going to try to stay positive about this for the next few days while I wait for AF to show or not. My temps are down a bit but not like they were last month at this time so hopefully I'm still in this.

I hope you all have a better day...

[Hezzy]

SarahJen -- I think your chart looks great! You're totally still in it. : I hope we all can help you stay positive, even if a lot of us aren't feeling it.

I'm actually feeling a little better today, a little less blue. We're headed into the marathon BD week here, so at least I have that to look forward to. :

Hope you all have a great day!

[mommy_in_chaos]

: everyone. My name is Theresa and I'm 23 years old. My husband and I have been TTC since March of this year. I'm in the midst of my 5th cycle (CD 35) and my temp dropped below coverline this morning. AF should be here sometime today. So that means, I'm entering my 6th cycle TTC. So here I am in this support thread, meeting a bunch of new people. I'm sure you're just as great as the ones I've left behind on the newbies thread.

Just wanted to give a brief history of our Journey... We got married in March and decided to start TTC#2 right away. I've read TCOYF and loved it, started temping at the beginning of my last cycle. Three cycles ago, my OB/GYN believes I had a chemical pregnancy (resulting in the purchase of all new bras because the old ones didn't fit afterward) I have Hypothyroidism, but we believe we've finally got it under controle.
I have changed my eating habbits and my exercise routine to help with TTC but I believe it may be time to try some new natural ways to get the extra boost of fertility we need. I'm not overweight, but I have lost about 10 lbs since we first started TTC (I credit that to cutting sweets from my diet)
Our DD was not planned so I can't say how "long" it took to concieve her. I didn't even know I was pg with her till I was 12 weeks! Wish that could happen now, then the waiting game would be less stressful.
But anyway, that's our story. I really am trying not to get discouraged, but it's kinda difficult.
to all! Thanks for being here!

[HopesMom]

Welcome Mommy in chaos!
I recognize you from the one thread and I've added you... we wish you a speedy exit from this group!

CD1 here ladies. And feeling broken and deficient. :
I am, however, going for a huge before I start cutting back again. I think I'm opting for the clomid again this cycle and looking into accupuncture, if we can afford it. Not sure what else to do.

[pampered_mom]

to HopesMom and punquin for cd1

SarahJen - it ain't over until the hag actually shows her ugly face. Hang in there :

mommy_in_chaos and allisonrose

cd43 here and bfn - it still could be too early. Only three more days until I tie with my longest cycle so far. Still hanging in here....

I'm sure I missed someone and I'll try to come back for more personals later...

[ChristyM26]

Tricia. The coffee'll make you feel better (a little treat now and then always helps!)

pamperedmom - you have long cycles like me! I've never seen anybody else with a cycle that long. I'm just kinda happy to see another person who has had these enormously long cycles.

[ItyBty]

Aww Tricia - : You're not broken, nor are you deficient. I know it feels that way, but look at it as a chance to have some coffee, or a glass of wine, and enjoy it guilt free. (Hey - there has got to be a positive side to CD1, right?)


OK - tell me I'm doing something righ there. I'm drinking 2-3 mugs of green tea daily, also chugging a glass of grapefruit juice too. I'm taking Mucinex every night before bed, and again in teh morning this past few days. (I'm expecting to O in the next 2-3 days) I also stopped taking my Zyrtec (I'm assuming it's an anti-histamine, since it helps me have my kitties that adore, but I'm allergic to.: ) and TCOYF says that you should avoid anti-histamines because they dry you up. So I'll sneeze n' wheeze for a few days. I'm drinking a bit more water too, so should I be swimming in EWCM this cycle or what?

[lilyflower]

Well, I finally figured out where you all went! I have been checking the OLD 6+ month thread, didn't actually realize it changes to a new one. I will get it eventually.

I am sorry to hear about your CD1s Punquin and Hopesmom.

I have only a moment and just wanted to say hello to everyone and check in. I started taking my temperature again, although it is very sporadic.

Good luck Sarahjen!

[oceanmommy]

Good morning everyone. 9dpo and a bit of a temp drop here. I know, I know, I was the person who just said one temp is just part of a pattern one page ago, but still. I am just not feeling that optimistic about this cycle. Not pessimistic either exactly but it is hard to keep up the full fledged jane responsible ttcer thing for so long. I too was contemplating coffee this morning because, why not ? The odds that me abstaining from this particular cup of coffee this morning will help us conceive has got to be infinitesimal, if they even exist. Coffee is not exactly a contraceptive.



I don't have time for personals this minute except to say welcome to mommy_in_chaos ! I'm glad you're here, and hope you don't stay long.


and big hugs to Stephanie and Tricia, I am sorry to hear about cd1



And Good Luck to those trying to catch the egg and those waiting :


ok I gotta fly and get some actual work done today

[pampered_mom]

Originally Posted by ChristyM26

pamperedmom - you have long cycles like me! I've never seen anybody else with a cycle that long. I'm just kinda happy to see another person who has had these enormously long cycles.

It's actually kind of funny. Before I ever went on bcps - about 3 yrs ago(?) I had rather long cycles like this. I went off bcp and got pg just about right away - three cycles after I went off. Had a c/s, went back on bcp for less than a year. From the time I went off bcp until now my cycles had been somewhere in the mid 30 day range. Then all of a sudden last cycle it was 46 days and this cycle we're in the 40s again. I'm actually wondering if perhaps, just maybe I'm finally getting back to my normal (pre-bcp days) self?

I remember enjoying that quite a bit and when I was on bcps and had a "period" every 28 days it was such a drag!

I've got my :

[allisonrose]

Well I made an appointment with an RE. Unfortunately the soonest they had available was Nov 16. So I hope that I'll be cancelling that appointment before it comes up.

I also have an appointment on Wednesday with an acupuncturist. We'll see how that goes. The lady is the only one in town so I didn't have much choice but when I talked to her on the phone, she asked about charts and seemed like she knew what she was talking about. The appointments are going to be a bit more expensive than I would have liked: $75 for the initial appointment and $60 for each after. From what I've read around here, that's pretty typical. I was just hoping it'd be cheaper since I'm in a small town.

to HopesMom. I definitely know that feeling. It stinks.

[HopesMom]

Great news about the RE appt and the acupuncture, allisonrose. I think we are going to try acupuncture very soon too. Although the cost is a bit upsetting.

OK, so I wasn't going to post about all this but I am in total turmoil so here it goes. I'm not really at CD1 yet. I had spotting (brown) this am and since I never spot, I assumed I'd be flowing any moment. Threw in a regular sized tampon and took Hope to dance class (nothing cuter than 3 year old girls in dance class) then went grocery shopping etc. Came home and took out said tampon...maybe a dime sized brown spot. Put in another b/c "I don't spot" and flow was imminent and moved on. But... that one was dry an hour or so later. Nothing since then either. SO. Back to 14DPO. Not exactly crampy...but feeling lots down there.

FF is telling me, "what are you waiting for? Test." LOL But this is my first month on clomid, so not totally wierd that my LP is a bit longer. So, its still up in the air. : A day of crying every chance I got and now I am still in limbo.
So, the plan is to test in the am if I don't start bleeding before then. My prediction right now is that I'll test in the am and start bleeding about an hour later. Typical, right?