Queer TTC August 2008 - Page 9

[pleasantlyfurious]

Welcome Tireegal! : I think you'll like it here!

Coco - I'm sending tons of sticky vibes your way!

Girlie - how insensitive. I'm so sorry. I hope it is easier to ignore when you and your friend get to go through pregnancy together.

I'm on cd15 and still no positive opk on 100 mg of clomid. I'm a little frustrated but trying to remain calm. The sperm we ordered 2.5 months ago has been happily co-existing with us in it's tank in our bedroom. We go and have it recharged every 2 weeks to keep it from thawing and the rest of the time it just sits next to our bed waiting for me to release a darn egg. sigh.

[girlie1125]

Thanks, y'all.


Today I'm feeling a weeee bit crampy. Now, this could totally be because I had to poop earlier. But I've since done so, and am still feeling a wee bit crampy.

I'm torn between feeling hopeful, and forcing myself to think its just gas.

Coco- I'm soo with you. I realize, though, that most symptoms I'm feeling are equally likely to be a result of the progesterone as from an actual bfp. So I'm just trying to stay in that purgatory of "not getting my hopes up" but still "thinking positively". Its rough. 4 more days til Wednesday?

to everyone here. Y'all have been SUCH an enormous help through all this drama. *sniff* I love you, man!!!

[Twylightdove]

::sigh:: I can be moved to waiting to O.

Between the Clomid (whoa mood swings!) and the stress of ttc for so looong (2 years in October) I've ended up going back on some anti-depressants. Something I really didn't want to do but, in then end, it is for the best. I'll wean off if I ever get pregnant.

We have decided to break from our usual DIY route and do some in-clinic IUIs. Not that we think they could do a better job than we are doing. We just need a break from handling it all ourselves.

[lemurmommies]

Originally Posted by Twylightdove

::sigh:: I can be moved to waiting to O.

So sorry. to you all.

[lemurmommies]

Well... it's super early (like, still 4 days before AF was due), and the test was pretty light, but it was definitely

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Sorry I don't have a picture. If I upload it to Flickr, then my parents'll be able to see it (and anyone who reads my blog), and I'm not ready for that quite yet.

I'll test again on Wednesday just to make sure it's still positive. But

[mysticpi]

Originally Posted by lemurmommies

Well... it's super early (like, still 4 days before AF was due), and the test was pretty light, but it was definitely

:

Sorry I don't have a picture. If I upload it to Flickr, then my parents'll be able to see it (and anyone who reads my blog), and I'm not ready for that quite yet.

I'll test again on Wednesday just to make sure it's still positive. But

Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God!! : : :

Congratulations!!!! I thought you would get knocked up on your 1st try again!!

(back to lurking now )

[girlie1125]

Originally Posted by lemurmommies

Well... it's super early (like, still 4 days before AF was due), and the test was pretty light, but it was definitely

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Yay for you!!!!! Have a wonderful 9 months!!!

[Photochef]

YAY FOR BFP LEMURMOMMIES!!!!!!::::

Congrats!!!!!!

[smartycat]

: : Lemurmommies : :

[pleasantlyfurious]

twilightdove - sorry this cycle wasn't the one - best of luck for the upcoming cycle.

lemurmommies - congrats!

As for me - I FINALLY saw a on my opk this morning!! IUI tomorrow! Wish me luck!

[smartycat]

Originally Posted by pleasantlyfurious

As for me - I FINALLY saw a on my opk this morning!! IUI tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Good Luck!!

[carmen358]

Originally Posted by lemurmommies

Well... it's super early (like, still 4 days before AF was due), and the test was pretty light, but it was definitely

:

Sorry I don't have a picture. If I upload it to Flickr, then my parents'll be able to see it (and anyone who reads my blog), and I'm not ready for that quite yet.

I'll test again on Wednesday just to make sure it's still positive. But

Yay! Congrats! Happiness and health to you!!

[lemurmommies]

Thanks everyone. It still feels rather surreal. I think until I get another positive test on Wednesday, it won't feel very real. And there is a rather strong history of early miscarriage in my family, so it's hard to really enjoy it just yet.

Originally Posted by pleasantlyfurious

As for me - I FINALLY saw a on my opk this morning!! IUI tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Good luck! I hope all goes well.

[starling&diesel]

lemurmommies!!!
I'm thrilled for you!
Yay for another Canadian queerling!
We might be moving in your direction, and if we do ... we'll have babes just three months apart. Playdates abound!
Here's some sticky vibes for that little sproglet:

[lexbeach]

Hooray for lemurmommies!

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Wishing you a blissful pregnancy!

Lex

[astraphell]

: Congrats lemurmommies!! :

Wow, two first try pregnancies....I'm insanely jealous, you know.

Nice strong positive OPK for me today too, so Pleasantlyfurious, I'm with you on the IUI tomorrow!

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[Tireegal]

HI everyone! I am trying to get the hang of this "quote" function so please bear with me! Thanks for the welcome!

I realize, though, that most symptoms I'm feeling are equally likely to be a result of the progesterone as from an actual bfp. So I'm just trying to stay in that purgatory of "not getting my hopes up" but still "thinking positively". Its rough. 4 more days til Wednesday?

Girlie -

I am feeling similarly. I have convinced myself I am PMSing and have some cramps and am feeling very down and irritable and just plain miserable. I don't want to test too early (due on Tuesday) because I am obsessing about having a chemical pregnancy. I was just walking the dogs and I started obsessing about my fibroids which were discovered about a year ago - not very big, and I was told not to worry - yeah -right! but I have had an ultrasound since and maybe I will, esp if I am negative.

Coco - GL for the home test on Wednesday!
Lemurmommies - that's great about the BFP!:
Pleasantly furious - as one who tested for months without getting a positive OPK - and thought I was doing it wrong! - I know what a big deal it is to get a positive test. Yeah!!

I will try to learn who everyone is and cheer you all on.
Are many of you from Canada?
Me and my family lived on Vancouver Island in Victoria when I was 9 for a year, traveled a lot in BC and Alberta and loved it. Like many living in the US I fantasize about moving north! No offense to anyone meant. Being British and having lived there, it seems more like home.
Hope everyone had a good weekend and I look forward to getting to know you all better.

[lexbeach]

So dw and I are leaning heavily towards NOT trying to get pregnant this month. It sucks to write that out, but I think it does probably make good sense. We do finally have our sperm coming (should arrive at local storage facility tomorrow or Tuesday), so that stress is taken care of, but we're still in the midst of a totally stressful moving situation. The past few weeks have been so crazy, some days dw has hardly been eating anything (she doesn't have an appetite when she's stressed), we've been surrounded by paint chemicals (getting the new house ready), and potentially by lead dust (discovered lead in the new house just before we were supposed to move in . . . delayed the move a week so as to have time to encapsulate all of the lead) . . . and now our new move date is also the expected O date!

Clearly, waiting another month seems like a wise choice. We want to maximize our chances with our last vial of sperm. But, ugh. I want her pregnant yesterday!

I wish we didn't have to *think* about all of this so much! I wish we could just be laid back and see what might come of it all. Sigh.

Lex

[giggleblue]

i think you made a good choice for waiting this month, lex.

stress plays a big part in fertility, soo i agree that waiting would be the best option. it's good that you two know this already, and how your bodies respond to stress!

gosh, i'm hoping this last vial works for you guys when you do use it!!

[pleasantlyfurious]

Originally Posted by astraphell

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Nice strong positive OPK for me today too, so Pleasantlyfurious, I'm with you on the IUI tomorrow!

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Hooray! We'll be cycle buddies. :

Tireegal - it is such a big deal when ovulation seems to evade you - ha - you'd think it was a BFP the way dp and I were jumping up and down this morning.

lexbeach - tough call, I'm sure you must be really torn, but it sounds like your instinct is probably right. Best of luck!

AFM - tonight I had some bleeding. Ovulation spotting seems common enough - but this was a bit heavier than spotting. I'm hoping it was just heavy spotting and just an indicator of an estrogen drop in preparation to release the egg. My ovaries still feel full. Time shall tell.