Queer TTC January 2008! - Page 7

[simplelah]

Originally Posted by frog

Woohoo! I've been peeing on things since last night--nothing, yet, but I suspect we'll do our insems Wednesday/Thursday.

You've been peeing on things?
That can't be much fun for Turtle to have to clean up?

[frog]

Originally Posted by simplelah

You've been peeing on things?
That can't be much fun for Turtle to have to clean up?

Funny grrl. I have EXCELLENT aim. And I pee on them half the time at work.

[JenInMpls]

LaH and it wasn't lube or anything? Frustrating! I thought I was sensitive to latex in college for a while (turns out I really was more sensitive to insensitive guys) and was dropping $$$ on the polyurethane condoms for years. Hope you are finding a good solution...

frog how many times a day are you POS'ing?!! :

[simplelah]

[QUOTE=JenInMpls;10214297]LaH and it wasn't lube or anything? Frustrating! I thought I was sensitive to latex in college for a while (turns out I really was more sensitive to insensitive guys) and was dropping $$$ on the polyurethane condoms for years. Hope you are finding a good solution...
QUOTE]

Nope... we never really use lube.


The condoms are working for now. Sucks to have to run out and buy them but eventually we will just replace the silicone friend with one made of something else and hopefully that will be the end of that

[simcon]

Originally Posted by megincl

Oh, can I add a small desperate plea for any wisdom regarding my post on the previous page?

It deals with ultrasound monitoring, HCG trigger shots, IUI with fresh sperm, etc. We're dying for TONS of wisdom on this.

thanks!
megin

Just popping in to say hi--I'm not sure I have any wisdom that hasn't already been shared... but have you all been doing Clomid with no u/s monitoring so far? The HCG is supposed to narrow down the window for ovulation--if you have mature follicles (over something like 18-19 mm, I think), they could be released in the next couple of days, where the Ovidrel or HCG is supposed to make them pop within a narrower window (my clinic does insems 24 hours later, or at 12 and 36 hours).

I think the possibility of IUI with fresh is a *great* one, and would be all over it if I were you two! I do think it's the freezing that's supposed to make them live shorter, so that should increase the odds. Best of luck--that's great to hear about your OB working with you so helpfully!

[frog]

Originally Posted by JenInMpls

frog how many times a day are you POS'ing?!! :

Twice--once around 10 a.m. and again around dinnertime. It's part of our new strategy. I seem to ovulate pretty quickly after getting the first positive so we want to be sure we catch that positive.

[pranava]

I'm either 7, 8, or 9 DPO now and resisting the temptation to test. It's driving me crazy that I don't know which day O was. Fertility Friend kept changing it's mind based on my temps and what method of ovulation detection it's using - so, I over rode it and chose my own day. I have a lack of symptoms this time around, even less breast soreness than normal, so I just don't know what to think. I'm hoping I'm one of those lucky ones who is pregnant with no symptoms at all.
The TWW is SOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOONG!!!

[frog]

Your chart's looking good, pranava!

[frog]

Swim Team has arrived!

[JennM1021]

Whooo hooo!!!! Bring on the positive...and put those swimmers to work!!!

[Hulahoop]

Congrats to all the BFPs! And sorry to all the BFNs, a group of which I am now a part for this month!

Can I please be moved to taking a break? Gotta get my progesterone levels up before I can insem again. Hopefully in Feb....

Thanks!

[simplelah]

guess who is here?

crampy as heck today.

time to start temping (for real this time) and all of that fun stuff

[lemurmommies]

to you both Hulahoop and LaH.

I am now in possession of some Vitex. Although I got pregnant really easily last time, anything that will up my chances of success when we TTC this time around is okay in my books.

[Hulahoop]

my vitex is on the way as i write! report back after you've tried it for awhile, if yo're up for it!

[frog]

Vitex tribe!

[lemurmommies]

Originally Posted by frog

Vitex tribe!

Is there one really? 'Cause if there is I'd be all over heading over there to see what others have to say.

[pranava]

Vitex gave me the strongest positive I've ever gotten on an OPK. I'm definitely pro-vitex!

[frog]

Originally Posted by lemurmommies

Is there one really? 'Cause if there is I'd be all over heading over there to see what others have to say.

Not yet, AFAIK. Should we start one?

[megincl]

Originally Posted by simcon

Just popping in to say hi--I'm not sure I have any wisdom that hasn't already been shared... but have you all been doing Clomid with no u/s monitoring so far? The HCG is supposed to narrow down the window for ovulation--if you have mature follicles (over something like 18-19 mm, I think), they could be released in the next couple of days, where the Ovidrel or HCG is supposed to make them pop within a narrower window (my clinic does insems 24 hours later, or at 12 and 36 hours).

I think the possibility of IUI with fresh is a *great* one, and would be all over it if I were you two! I do think it's the freezing that's supposed to make them live shorter, so that should increase the odds. Best of luck--that's great to hear about your OB working with you so helpfully!

Hiya Simcon,

Good to "see" you! Thanks for this clarification. It really makes me see, along with what Jen posted earlier, how helpful the shot can be. And yes, I think IUI with fresh should be a great addition to our repertoire!

Hope you're enjoying some snowy fun of late!

be well,
megin

[megincl]

So frog? I'm : here waiting to hear more. We got the play by play on the whereabouts of the swim team. Any updates now that it has arrived?????????